Sybase announced that Orange Business Services will manage Sybase's mobile device platform in a move designed to extend the company's mobile device management services into the global enterprise market.

While Orange Business Services manages the world's largest telecom network that spans 220 countries and territories, the service will be device and operator agnostic. Sybase said its platform, running on Orange's network, will enable enterprises requiring cross-operator and cross-device management to address both large mobile fleet demands and a growing number of workers bringing their own devices into the enterprise, Sybase said.

Current Analysis analyst Kathryn Weldon noted that all major operators have either already introduced or will soon announce a variety of managed mobility services as a way to generate recurring value-added revenue from multi-national corporations. "These customers are starting to deploy mobile business applications but have been stymied by the complexity of dealing with multiple carrier relationships and a multitude of device/OS types, as well as the lack of control and security associated with these deployments," she said in a research note.

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