Airtel Launches Mail Solution

NEW DELHI -- Bharti Airtel, Asia’s leading integrated telecom service provider, today announced that it has launched a corporate mailing solution for SMBs across the country - ‘Airtel Hosted Mail’ - powered by Microsoft Exchange Server 2007. It will offer SMBs a robust enterprise grade mailing solution with an inbox as big as 4 GB. Airtel Hosted Mail will offer SMBs a wider range of communication tools than conventional email solutions – enabling them to share email messages, contacts, calendars, work folders, task list and documents from either their PC or mobile phone. Coming close on the heels of the launch of Airtel Online Desktop, this adds to Airtel’s SaaS portfolio.

Speaking on the occasion Mr. K. Srinivas, Joint President-Telemedia Services, Bharti Airtel, said, “Continuing our commitment to meet the digital needs of the Indian SMB customer, we are pleased to share another productivity tool with the Airtel Hosted Mail, in partnership with Microsoft. We are confident that our SMB customers across the country will appreciate the affordability, robustness and convenience of this solution over the conventional solutions they are currently using."

Commenting on the partnership, Mr. Rajan Anandan, Managing Director, Microsoft India said, “We believe that an amalgamation of software plus services delivered through the internet can deliver great value to enterprises - thus making owning and managing IT infrastructure more affordable and convenient.

Bharti Airtel Ltd. (Mumbai: BHARTIARTL)