Redwood City, Calif., March 20, 2007 – Visto Corporation, the leading global provider of secure and easy-to-use mobile email, today announced that Meteor, an Irish mobile service provider with the country’s fastest growing network, has launched Meteor Mobile Email, a convenient and affordable service designed to ignite mass-market adoption among small businesses and enterprises throughout the country.
Meteor has enjoyed unprecedented growth in recent years with roaming agreements as well as network coverage in 133 destinations worldwide. Partnering with Visto, Meteor offers a complete set of easy to use, secure and convenient mobile messaging services that liberate busy mobile professionals – making it easier to be more responsive whether you are at your computer or away from your desk. Because Meteor Mobile Email is available on cutting-edge mobile handsets including the Nokia E61 with flexible pricing options, today’s “on-the-go” professionals now have access to the devices and service plans that best suits their business and individual needs.
“The demand for mobile applications such as mobile email has been fueled by the increasingly mobile lifestyle of busy professionals,” said Conor Carmody, Director of Sales for Meteor. “The combination of our Visto-powered Meteor Mobile Email service with one of our sleek new handsets enables customers to conveniently access their desktops through their mobile phones for the productivity tools - email, contacts, calendaring and tasks – that keep both work and life in balance.”
Meteor Mobile Email features new setup capabilities that help users get up and running on mobile email in a matter of minutes. The service is available in two varieties: the Small Business Edition for 1-5 users and the Enterprise Edition, which is more appropriate for larger organizations of 5 or more users. Both versions include a comprehensive set of features that give mobile workers more control over their day including:
“Both Visto and Meteor share the vision of delivering consistently simple and effective communications that provides true time savings for mobile customers,” said Frederic Aries, Senior Vice President and General Manager, EMEA. “The impressive growth rate experienced by emerging service providers like Meteor validates the ubiquitous benefits of mobility in today’s fast-paced world and the need for productivity services such as mobile email for busy professionals everywhere.”
Pricing and Availability
Meteor Mobile Email powered by Visto Mobile is immediately available at www.meteor.ie/business_mobile_email.html initially on the Nokia E61. Pricing ranges from just €20 per month with the 10MB Small Business Edition, and from just €30 per month with the 15MB Enterprise edition for larger businesses.
About Visto
Visto delivers the leading global platform for mobile operators to provide easy-to-use wireless push email to the broadest set of mobile devices. Visto’s open solution enables email for the mass market, targeting enterprises, small businesses mobile professionals and consumers. The company’s patented Visto Mobile™ platform with ConstantSync™ technology works in real time with POP3, IMAP, Microsoft Exchange and Lotus Domino email solutions for personal to business use, providing maximum control and flexibility for the operator and choice for the customer. Visto’s customized, brandable solutions are available through mobile operators worldwide including Cingular, Elisa, Meteor, Rogers Wireless, SmarTone, SFR, Softbank Mobile, Sprint Nextel, TELUS Mobility, Turkcell and the Vodafone Group.
Established in 1996 and headquartered in Redwood Shores, California, with offices in Seattle, Toronto, London, Milan, Paris, Madrid, Munich, Tokyo, Beijing and Tianjin, China, Visto is backed by Oak Investment Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Meritech Capital Partners, DFJ ePlanet Ventures, DFJ Growth Fund, Rustic Canyon Ventures, Allegis Capital, GKM Newport and Blueprint Ventures. For more information, visit www.visto.com or email sales@visto.com.