In July Sprint announced its Mobile Business Assessment unit, which offered consulting for wireless projects. That division now falls under the Enterprise Mobility unit.
Sprint says its professional services offerings will work with clients’ existing wireless carriers, and that the new business won’t be tied to Sprint’s wireless systems.
Companies often work with multiple providers to meet their specific needs, particularly on a national or global basis, said Bill Halbert, who will lead the Enterprise Mobility division. Halbert comes from BT, where he founded and managed the company’s Syntegra consulting and systems integration business.
Our team will work with Sprint Nextel, other wireless providers, leading systems integrators, device manufacturers and application developers to create comprehensive, tailored mobility solutions, Halbert added.
Still, it’s hard to shake the idea that Sprint is eying a larger long-term share of the wireless market with its new consulting and services arm.
Dutch telecom operator KPN created similar services subsidiary, Sympac, which won its first big multinational managed services deal with financial services firm ABN AMRO in August. Under the deal, Sympac will handle the supply, management, and maintenance of the mobile phones and Blackberry devices used by ABN AMRO staff for the next five years. The value of the contract was not disclosed.
