Bharat Sanchar Nigam ties up with Microsoft

NEW DELHI - State-run telecom operator Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd (BSNL) Tuesday announced a long term partnership with Microsoft Corp to offer software solutions to its customers. The first product to be launched under the the BSNL Managed SaaS (Software as a Service) brand will be business mail services, the company said in a statement.

“Managed Business Mail is an innovative messaging and collaboration service for Indian businesses that will provide enterprises with rich enterprise-class email applications at an affordable price,” BSNL chairman and managing director Kuldeep Goyal said.

“The unique feature of BSNLs Managed Business Mail will be its availability from the mobile platform. This implies that the service will be accessible on smartphones of any service provider, he added.