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To: Eric L who wrote (1627)	10/29/2001 1:31:14 PM
From: Eric L	Respond to of 9255

re: Vodafone "OfficeLive" access to Lotus Notes email >> Vodafone's Wireless Office Adds Lotus Support Braden Reddall Reuters London October 28, 2001 Vodafone Group Plc, the world's largest mobile phone operator, will announce on Monday a partnership with IBM Corp to give British workers mobile access to their Lotus Notes email. The deal with Lotus, also a provider of calendar and directory services for businesses, will be part of the British mobile phone group's OfficeLive application server. Vodafone struck a similar deal with rival U.S. software group Microsoft in June as it sets its sights on a goal of generating a fifth of its revenues from data services by the end of 2004. Mobile phone and software companies alike are battling to dominate the emerging market to link office software and mobile devices as professionals demand access to their office information anywhere, anytime. "We see the business community not only as adopters, but mass adopters for mobile data applications," Amit Pau, managing director of Vodafone Multimedia, said in a telephone interview. Corporate customers make up one million of Vodafone's 13 million customers in the UK, while Lotus is used by around four million people in Britain. Jeremy Wray, worldwide director of Lotus messaging & collaboration sales, said about three-quarters of their European clients had expressed interest in mobile access to applications, which could include consumer records for sales people or daily schedules for employees on the move. Wray said Lotus OfficeLive was principally aimed at existing Lotus software users on fixed computers who did not already have access via a laptop. The companies said the service will be available in the UK from the end of November 2001 with a view to subsequently rolling it out to other countries. The Lotus OfficeLive service will cost between nine and 11 pounds per month per user, dependent on the number of users, they said. Microsoft said in June its OfficeLive service would cost five pounds per month per user, plus additional airtime. Vodafone and IBM first got together in November 2000 when IBM's Lotus software was selected as an application for a Vodafone GPRS service in the UK. << - Eric -