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HP and BT to offer HP iPAQ 514 Voice Messenger smartphone, powered by Windows Mobile 6.0, to BT fusion customers
By Little Sun | Editor-in-chief
Date: 03/17/2007
HP and BT today announced an agreement to offer the HP iPAQ 514 Voice Messenger unlicensed mobile access Windows Mobile 6.0 smartphone in the BT Fusion device portfolio.

The agreement will provide BT customers with a seamless communication solution, a single smartphone for both office and mobile use.

The HP iPAQ 514 Voice Messenger with built-in Wi-Fi and UMA is a dual-mode smartphone that provides customers with high-speed broadband access in the office, or at BT’s Openzone hotspots, as well as for mobile use. This eliminates the need for an additional desk phone. It provides one phone number, enhances productivity through access to business applications and helps control business costs by offering fixed-line rate calls when in Wi-Fi zones.

“By combining the HP iPAQ 514 Voice Messenger with BT’s superb network infrastructure, BT business customers will receive the most comprehensive solution in one device,” said Eric Cador, senior vice president, Personal Systems Group, Europe, Middle East and Africa, HP. “Delivering and supporting Fixed Mobile Convergence solutions is an integral part of HP’s mobility strategy that will deliver results for carriers and enterprises.”

“Our business customers are embracing BT Business Fusion as a realistic way to manage their communications costs and improve productivity,” said Jerry Thompson, director of Applications and Devices, BT. “By offering our customers the extremely versatile HP IPAQ 514 Voice Messenger, we believe we will increase our customers’ productivity through high-speed access to broadband for email and Windows Mobile business applications as well as reducing the overall costs through very attractive call rates.”

The HP iPAQ 514 offers business professionals a powerful, easy-to-use smartphone that combines the features of a mobile phone, the capability of a handheld organizer, constant contact of a “push” email device, and the power of high-speed Internet access. The HP iPAQ 514 also incorporates the convenience of voice commands to deliver a new mobile email experience for business users.

BT plans to strengthen its presence in the fixed-mobile convergence space with the BT Business Fusion service. The HP iPAQ 514 Voice Messenger will be launched by BT in the U.K. in mid-2007.

The BT HP Alliance was founded in May 2004 to create a new type of service solution. The alliance combines HP’s market-leading IT capabilities with BT’s global communications services in a unique integrated services delivery method. The BT HP Alliance’s solutions provide enterprise customers with innovative, agile and robust networked IT solutions.

BT is one of the world’s leading providers of communications solutions and services operating in 170 countries. Its principal activities include networked IT services, local, national and international telecommunications services, and higher-value broadband and Internet products and services. BT consists principally of four lines of business: BT Global Services, Openreach, BT Retail and BT Wholesale.

In the year ended 31 March 2006, BT Group plc’s revenue was £19,514 million with profit before taxation of £2,040 million.
British Telecommunications plc (BT) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BT Group and encompasses virtually all businesses and assets of the BT Group. BT Group plc is listed on stock exchanges in London and New York.

HP focuses on simplifying technology experiences for all of its customers – from individual consumers to the largest businesses. With a portfolio that spans printing, personal computing, software, services and IT infrastructure, HP is among the world’s largest IT companies, with revenue totaling $91.7 billion for the four fiscal quarters ended Oct. 31, 2006.

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