Synchronica (News - Alert) has announced an agreement with India-based Sify Technologies, a provider of consumer Internet and Enterprise Data Telecom services.
This latest agreement allows Sify to offer a hosted mobile email and synchronization service based on Synchronica Mobile Gateway (News - Alert) to enterprises and consumers throughout the Indian sub-continent.
The Mobile Gateway works on a vast majority of devices thus has a larger addressable market than other mobile email solutions. Sify selected Synchronica solution due to this flexibility and also the solution eliminates the need to upgrade to high-end smartphones.
Unlike other products, Mobile Gateway does not require additional software to be installed on the handset, according to Synchronica.
Mobile Gateway provides carrier-grade push email and synchronization services. It is based on the open industry standards Push IMAP (LEMONADE) for mobile email and SyncML (OMA DS) for contact and calendar synchronization.
Moreover, the Mobile Gateway also includes back-end support for POP3 and IMAP mailboxes, connecting to services, such as AOL (News - Alert) or Gmail.
Carsten Brinkschulte, CEO at Synchronica, called this agreement a key contract win in India, adding that it corroborates company’s decision to focus on emerging markets.
He said that the company believes that it has a winning combination for service providers in these regions because company’s software works on mass-market handsets and is ideal for both business users and consumers.
Currently, Sify operates more than 2,000 'ePort' brand franchised cyber cafes in 200 cities across the Indian sub-continent. Company provides enterprise solutions to over 2,000 enterprise customers over a tier-one backbone network reaching 500 cities.
J Nath, executive president for enterprise services at Sify, said that company will offer businesses and consumers in the Indian sub-continent a hosted mobile email and synchronization service based on Synchronica’s technology.
“Synchronica's solution is ideal because it works on mass-market phones, a prerequisite in India where Smartphone penetration is very low,” he said.
Anshu Shrivastava is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of Anshu's articles, please visit her columnist page.Edited by Stefania Viscusi