Bharti Airtel’s Enterprise division today announced the launch of corporate mailing solution named as ‘Airtel Hosted Mail’ for SMBs in the country compatible with Microsoft Exchange Server 2007.

Part of Airtel’s SaaS offerings, the service is seen as an extension the product line of the firm subsequent to launch of Airtel Online Desktop.

There are three options to choose from for the customers.

Pro Mail at Rs 80 per user offers Inbox of 2 GB with an attachment limit of 10 MB. Business Mail offers Inbox of 4 GB with attachment limit of 20 MB as well as mobile and offline access for monthly rental of Rs 220 per user. A Basic Mail package offers Inbox of 1 GB with attachment limit of 10 MB. Anti-spam and anti-virus features are provided in all the packages. In addition to these, the Pro Mail and Business Mail packages offer service through search through mail content, contacts and attachments.

K. Srinivas, Joint President-Telemedia Services, Bharti Airtel, said, “Continuing our commitment to meet the digital needs of the Indian SMB customer, we are pleased to share another productivity tool with the Airtel Hosted Mail, in partnership with Microsoft. We are confident that our SMB customers across the country will appreciate the affordability, robustness and convenience of this solution over the conventional solutions they are currently using."

Rajan Anandan, Managing Director, Microsoft India said, “We believe that an amalgamation of software plus services delivered through the internet can deliver great value to enterprises - thus making owning and managing IT infrastructure more affordable and convenient.”