- Extended service offering through the licensing of Exchange ActiveSync
- Automatic synchronization of email, address book and calendar on iPhone and iPad
Effective immediately, customers of Deutsche Telekom's E-Mail@t-online.de can automatically synchronize all data such as email, address book and calendar with their iPhone or iPad using the new synchronization service Smartphone Sync. The service is made possible through a collaboration with Microsoft Corp. and the acquisition of an Exchange ActiveSync patent license. Thus, the protocol is implemented on the servers of the Deutsche Telekom, representing the latest industry standard for the automatic synchronization of smartphones. Cooperation for innovative offerings Thanks to the aforementioned collaboration with Microsoft, E-Mail@t-online.de customers will receive an innovative and well adapted service for smartphones, which will soon also support Android and Windows Phone 7. Special feature: email, address book and calendar are automatically synchronized via push function. The interaction of customers - in contrast to other sync services - is not necessary. With the licensing and implementation of Smartphone Sync, Deutsche Telekom is treading new ground and is thus in the prominent company of a number of renowned firms such as Apple, HP / Palm, HTC, Nokia, Samsung and Sony Ericsson. Deutsche Telekom is the only major German E‑Mail provider to offer such innovative synchronization services for their E‑Mail@t-online.de customers: Smartphone Sync is available exclusively with the premium email products "E‑Mail Paket" and "Freemail Premium".
About Deutsche Telekom Deutsche Telekom is one of the world's leading integrated telecommunications companies with around 129 million mobile customers, approximately 36 million fixed-network lines and more than 16 million broadband lines (as of December 31, 2010). The Group provides products and services for the fixed network, mobile communications, the Internet and IPTV for consumers, and ICT solutions for business customers and corporate customers. Deutsche Telekom is present in over 50 countries and has around 247,000 employees worldwide. The Group generated revenues of EUR 62.4 billion in the 2010 financial year - more than half of it outside Germany (as of December 31, 2010).