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December 17, 2003
SMARTNER SIGNS UP TO O2's ACCELERATOR PROGRAMME
Smartner is delighted to announce that they have been accepted on to O2's Accelerator Programme in the UK. The agreement with O2 means that Smartner's Duality Always-on Mail will enter the O2 "incubator process", enabling the product to be immediately sold by the O2 sales network.
O2's Accelerator Programme only accepts the very best products and applications developed by third parties. Products and applications allowed into the Incubator process must meet key success criteria of technical robustness and good customer experience, enhancing or providing new sales of mobile data solutions in association with O2, generating positive PR within specialised press, increasing voice usage, and showing a positive impact on customer satisfaction levels.
"We are delighted to work with O2. The Accelerator Programme represents a unique opportunity for Smartner to jointly trial and develop an effective go-to- market approach with the market leader in mobile data services." said Richard van Beckhoven, General Manager, Smartner.
Smartner Duality automatically pushes new emails to the Xda without any user interaction, and provides users with complete control over their desktop functions while away from their office. Users can access their email and calendar in real-time, with all actions mirrored simultaneously on their desktop.
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About O2
mmO2 has 100% ownership of mobile network operators in three companies - the UK, Germany and Ireland - as well as leading mobile Internet portal business. All of these businesses are branded as O2. Additionally, the company has operations on the Isle of Man (Manx Telecom) and owns O2 Airwave - an advanced, digital emergency communications service.
mmO2 was the first company in the world to launch and rollout a commercial GPRS (or 2.5G) network and has secured third generation mobile telephony ("3G") licences in the UK, Ireland and Germany.
mmO2 has 18.7 million customers and some 11,750 employees and reported revenues for the year ended 31 March 2003 of £4.874 billion. Data represented 18.2% of total service revenues in the 12 months ending 30 June 2003. www.o2.co.uk
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