Singapore, 12 September 2006 -- Singapore Telecommunications
Limited (SingTel) announced the launch of a new push email solution
targeted at its 1.2 million postpaid customers.
This new service, SingTel [email protected], offers customers an
affordable and convenient alternative to other forms of push email
service that use proprietary technology and handheld devices. It is
Java-based and supported by many of the newer mobile phones.
Currently, it can be used on more than 30 Nokia and Sony Ericsson
handsets and will soon be compatible with mobile phones from other
manufacturers such as LG, Motorola, Panasonic, Samsung as well as
those on the Windows Mobile operating system.
[email protected] service can be subscribed to at $1.99 per month but
customers who sign up before 31 October 2006 will enjoy the first
three months free. Customers can choose between pay-per-use or
SingTels existing Data3 price plans for their data usage. The
current pay-per-use rates are $0.0037 per kb (charged at 2kb
blocks) for 3G access and $0.0053 per kb (charged at 2kb blocks)
for GPRS access. Data3 price plans start from $10.50 per month with
$22.05 worth of bundled data.
SingTel is very pleased to be able to offer this affordable push
email to meet our customers diverse lifestyle needs, said Ms
Vicki Brady, Vice President of Consumer Marketing. The service
offers much greater flexibility and accessibility, allowing us to
bring mobile email to everyone - from small business owners to
students who want to keep in touch via email on the go.
Subscribers of [email protected] can have their emails automatically
pushed from their SingNet accounts, other local ISPs email
accounts, Yahoo Mail, as well as SingNets hosted email service for
small to medium enterprises called BizWeb Solutions (BWS). With
SingTels extensive coverage of more than 200 networks, this means
that users can access their emails almost instantaneously from
anywhere and at any time, even while roaming overseas.
For more information about [email protected], please visit
www.ideas.singtel.com.