The company is hoping to tap into what it sees as pent-up demand for mobile working solutions, which clients typically need to build with a combination of software and network products from different vendors. With BT’s package, clients can pick and mix from an easy to use all-in-one package with a single point of contact and one bill, said BT.
Clients will pay BT approximately 25,000 pounds ($40,425) for the first year to provide employees with remote intranet access to their corporate intranet from home or while traveling. The service will use a combination of technologies, including wireless GPRS, broadband at home, and BT’s Openzone wireless hotspots, which can be installed in the office, home, or accessed at airports or hotels. The ongoing cost will be 1,800 pounds ($2,910) per year.
The company has defined seven different workstyles such as call-center worker, nomadic executive, and nomadic home worker, and as part of the service will provide consulting around the design, process and cultural issues of mobile working through its Workspace Group and Syntegra systems integration division.
Nortel Networks is BT’s first key client for the service, for which it has provided a mobile sales force solution for employees in the City of London.
This article is based on material originally published by ComputerWire
