BT has launched a new service that looks to bring the features of the BlackBerry to smaller businesses.While there are many service providers for the BlackBerry device, a company spokesman said, “This is the first time a company is integrating all these services for a small business user,” without need for additional IT server software.With BT’s BlackBerry Internet Service, or BIS, a user need not have an additional e-mail account for his company and can collate mail from at least 10 different e-mail accounts like Yahoo or Hotmail.For owners of the BlackBerry 8700, BT has a special offer on Sat Nav, with the rental free for the first three or six months, on one- or two-year contracts. Interestingly, BT seems to have overlooked the fact that BlackBerrys are not Wi-Fi enabled. So unless BlackBerrys upgrade, small business users paying for services like e-mail, instant messaging through Yahoo and GoogleTalk will soon find themselves 260 pounds (US$488) short for just an e-mail account, and a Sat Nav device. Wi-Fi is scheduled to roll out all over the United Kingdom by the end of this summer.An Ipsos Reid BlackBerry ROI study in 2004, which comprised 210 BlackBerry users, showed that an average user could convert 54 minutes of downtime (time when traveling or when not in front of the PC or laptop) into productive use. But users, thankfully, might still get to relax when they’re traveling on the London Underground. -Radhika Praveen, Techworld.com (London)Check out our CIO News Alerts and Tech Informer pages for more updated news coverage. Related content feature Expedia poised to take flight with generative AI CTO Rathi Murthy sees the online travel service’s vast troves of data and AI expertise fueling a two-pronged transformation strategy aimed at growing the company by bringing more of the travel industry online. By Paula Rooney Jun 02, 2023 7 mins Travel and Hospitality Industry Digital Transformation Artificial Intelligence case study Deoleo doubles down on sustainability through digital transformation The Spanish multinational olive oil processing company is immersed in a digital transformation journey to achieve operational efficiency and contribute to the company's sustainability strategy. By Nuria Cordon Jun 02, 2023 6 mins CIO Supply Chain Digital Transformation brandpost Resilient data backup and recovery is critical to enterprise success As global data volumes rise, business must prioritize their resiliency strategies. By Neal Weinberg Jun 01, 2023 4 mins Security brandpost Democratizing HPC with multicloud to accelerate engineering innovations Cloud for HPC is facilitating broader access to high performance computing and accelerating innovations and opportunities for all types of organizations. By Tanya O'Hara Jun 01, 2023 6 mins Multi Cloud Podcasts Videos Resources Events SUBSCRIBE TO OUR NEWSLETTER From our editors straight to your inbox Get started by entering your email address below. Please enter a valid email address Subscribe