Microsoft, Cbeyond to Deliver E-mail Service

The service supports mobile devices and is designed for small businesses.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Cbeyond (NASDAQ:CBEY) have joined forces to offer a new e-mail service that also supports mobile devices and is available as part of a communications package specifically designed and priced for small and midsize businesses.

The package includes hardware and airtime for mobile phone service, local and long-distance phone service, T-1 broadband Internet access, and enterprise-class e-mail based on hosted Microsoft Exchange. Available now in Atlanta, the new service will eventually be offered in Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, San Diego and San Francisco.

"By working with Microsoft, we can now offer Cbeyond's customers the first hosted service based on Microsoft Exchange Server 2007 that is fully integrated with mobile access, all from a single provider," Brent Cobb, vice president of product marketing for Cbeyond, said in a statement.