5 Comments to “China Mobile Now Has Over Half A BILLION Customers”

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   Posted by: iwhowho

   September 21, 2009 at 11:33 am EST

   Yes, still no BIS, just BES.

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   Posted by: fox

   September 21, 2009 at 11:43 am EST

   i am not very clear about the differences between bis and bes.

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     Posted by: Nikolaus Walch

     September 21, 2009 at 11:54 am EST

     BIS is for the non-business user (not paid by or managed through your employer) and BES is the “enterprise” version which is paid for and managed through your employer.

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   Posted by: automan69

   September 21, 2009 at 11:59 am EST

   BIS Features -

   1. Ability to add up to 10 existing email accounts
   Personal – POP3/IMAP4
   Business – MS Outlook and Lotus Notes
   2. Self-Provisioning via the Handheld or Desktop
   3. Attachment Viewing Capabilities
   4. Personalized Settings
   5. Wireless Reconciliation
   6. Mailbox Management
   7. Optional email account (i.e. user@carrier.blackberry.com)
   8. BlackBerry Internet Service checks the email accounts regularly for new messages, retrieves and sends copies of the new messages to the handheld

   BES -

   It integrates your corporate mail which is more secured and provide over the air management for BES Admin. You need hardware (BES Server) and software (Server Software) for having BES access.

    

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   Posted by: Dominik

   September 21, 2009 at 12:50 pm EST

   BES is probably only offered in China so the government can read all the emails

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