Southern LINC and Bytemobile team to enhance mobile data experience - Business - Brief Article

Mobile Internet, The, May, 2003

Southern LINC, the wireless communications service from Southern Company, and Bytemobile, the company dedicated to delivering pure, optimized access to network operators, service providers and enterprises, announced a new relationship to enhance the mobile data experience. Southern LLNC has deployed Bytemobile's Optimization Services Node (OSN) in its iDEN network to enhance its mobile data service offerings.

Southern LINC business and government customers can now benefit from increased data speeds and improved reliability when accessing any web-enabled content from PDAs and laptops. Southern LINC selected Bytemobile's inline Web and email optimization solution deploying a network-based OSN and end user client software. The standalone client delivers optimization benefits with the most commonly used data protocols, including those supported by Microsoft Outlook and Lotus Notes. As a result, customers can access e-mail and other web-enabled data faster than before.