Redwood City, Calif., March 26, 2008 — Visto, the leading provider of secure and easy-to-use mobile email, today announced that Vodafone Germany has selected Visto Mobile to power its new mobile email offering – Vodafone E-MailConnect. Based on Visto Mobile™, this new service brings easy-to-use mobile email to Vodafone’s consumer, prosumer and small business markets throughout Germany.
As one of the largest operators in Europe, serving more than 34 million mobile customers,Vodafone Germany is offering the Vodafone E-MailConnect service across the broadest range of business devices and consumer-oriented handsets. Vodafone Germany selected the Visto Mobile™ platform because it dramatically simplifies the mobile email experience for Vodafone Germany’s customers. With Visto’s award-winning Easy Setup™ feature, customers can mobilize their corporate and personal email within three clicks from a Visto Smart Icon™ installed on their handset and “Walk Out Working” (WOW).
“Visto is very pleased Vodafone Germany has selected Visto Mobile to power its E-MailConnect service,” said Frederic Aries, senior vice president and general manager, EMEA. “Visto Mobile enables our customers to provide mobile phone users with the easiest to use and most user-friendly mobile email service available.”
Pricing and Availability
Vodafone E-MailConnect powered by Visto Mobile is immediately available on leading devices based on the Symbian, Palm, Java and Microsoft Windows Mobile operating systems. Pricing varies depending on the service plan and selected options. For more information, visit www.vodafone.de.
About Vodafone Germany
Vodafone Germany is one of the largest and most modern telecommunications providers in Europe. It serves over 34 million customers, realises turnover of more than EUR 8 billion and has 9,000 employees. Vodafone Germany is an innovative technology and service enterprise, offering a comprehensive range of mobile communication services from one provider. The portfolio includes mobile communications and fixed network telephony, as well as data services for business and private customers.
Continuous development, numerous patents and investments in new products, services and the modern network have made Vodafone an innovation leader in the German telecommunications market. The company is headquartered in Düsseldorf. Eight branch offices and a chain of 1600 Vodafone shops keep us close to our customers. The Vodafone Germany group of companies also includes a majority shareholding in the Arcor telecommunications group, which is headquartered in Eschborn, Germany. Vodafone Germany is committed to CSR and it additionally supports numerous projects through the German Vodafone Foundation.
The company is part of the Vodafone Group. Visit the website at www.vodafone.de for further information.
About Visto
Visto delivers the leading global platform for mobile operators to provide easy-to-use mobile email to the broadest set of 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 AT&T, Elisa, Rogers Wireless, Qtel, SmarTone, SFR, Softbank Mobile, Sprint, TELUS, T-Mobile, Turkcell and the Vodafone Group.
Established in 1996 and headquartered in Redwood Shores, California, with offices in Seattle, Toronto, London, Milan, Paris, Madrid, Munich, and Tianjin, China, Visto is backed by Oak Investment Partners, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Altitude Capital Partners, Meritech Capital Partners, DFJ ePlanet Ventures, DFJ Growth Fund, Rustic Canyon Ventures, GKM Newport, Stanford Accelerator and Blueprint Ventures. For more information, visit www.visto.com or email info@visto.com.