Verizon Business Extends Enterprise Mobility Services to Corporate Customers in India

BASKING RIDGE, N.J. – Verizon Business has released its Enterprise Mobility services in India, making it even simpler for multinational customers with local operations to manage their mobility costs. India-headquartered customers, or local subsidiaries of multinational companies, can now contract directly for Enterprise Mobility services with Verizon Business in India, and be billed in local currency.

Verizon Enterprise Mobility services offer a variety of secure wireless and wireline options to extend corporate network access to remote workers – a growing priority for organisations wishing to maximise productivity while controlling costs. The robust, scalable and flexible solution enables Verizon Business customers to reduce the administrative costs associated with on-the-go networking while addressing the varying attendant-access-security requirements.

The network-based service operates “in the cloud” – that is, it is network based -- and is therefore easily accessible by Verizon Business customers without the need for extensive additional investment in infrastructure

To help enterprise customers select the most appropriate services for their specific business needs, Verizon Business offers flexible flat-rate and usage-based pricing plans for its individual and combined Global Dial and Wi-Fi services. Customers can adapt their price plans as required, with automatic billing adjustments in local currency. Advanced reporting tools enable customers to keep track of usage patterns and therefore optimize management of their services.

Andrew Dobbins, vice president for Verizon Business Asia-Pacific, said: “In the current economic climate, all companies are looking for ways to empower their global employees to work more productively, yet maintain tight controls on overall costs. Remote data access has traditionally been both costly, and difficult to manage. Our enterprise mobility services enable our customers to offer their workers secure fixed and wireless access to company resources, collaboration applications and up-to-date information. Effectively, this is about extending the enterprise beyond the existing corporate communications infrastructure, yet with enterprise mobility services fully integrated into existing cost and management capabilities.

“The Asia-Pacific region continues to be a key investment focus for our multinational customer base, and this latest enhancement to our solutions portfolio is testament to our ongoing commitment to supporting our customers’ business objectives.”

About Verizon Enterprise Mobility Services
Verizon Business now has more than 3 million users of its Enterprise Mobility services accessing corporate resources while on the move, highlighting the ongoing importance of access flexibility for business users.

Verizon Enterprise Mobility provides a flexible, scalable, easy-to-use set of solutions that offers customers options to securely, rapidly and seamlessly access their business communications infrastructure around the globe. The service includes advanced end-user client software that is centrally administered and ensures all communications to the corporate network comply with customer’s security policies. Additionally, Verizon Enterprise Mobility integrates seamlessly with Verizon Private IP via Verizon Secure Gateway. This enables network-based remote access to a Verizon-provided MPLS (multiprotocol label switching) network. Verizon Business owns and manages the Secure Gateway, giving remote users secure, encrypted remote access to their corporate resources without the need to invest in additional hardware components.

Verizon Enterprise Mobility supports Mobile Broadband, Wi-Fi, Dial-up and customer- provided access with:

• Wi-Fi Access at 86,000 hotspots in more than 90 countries (with expansion in progress).
• Mobile Broadband for U.S.-based customers via the Verizon Wireless network.
• Dial-up access in more than 150 countries.
• Support for 3rd party-provided wireless or wired access worldwide.

In addition, Verizon Business provides all the tools, software and support to allow quick and simple service deployment for its customers around the world. Local customer service and stringent service level agreements all reinforce the overall customer experience.

About Verizon Business
Verizon Business, a unit of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ), is a global leader in communications and IT solutions. We combine professional expertise with the world’s most connected IP network to deliver award-winning communications, IT, information security and network solutions. We securely connect today’s extended enterprises of widespread and mobile customers, partners, suppliers and employees — enabling them to increase productivity and efficiency and help preserve the environment. Many of the world’s largest businesses and governments — including 96 percent of the Fortune 1000 and thousands of government agencies and educational institutions — rely on our professional and managed services and network technologies to accelerate their business. Find out more at www.verizonbusiness.com.