AT&T announces new enterprise mobility services, including voice encryption

AT&T (NYSE: T) announced three new mobility services to help companies and government organizations run their operations and handle customers using traditional and emerging mobile devices.

AT&T said its Advanced Enterprise Mobility Solutions Group is working across 14 industries to help enable business model transformation through mobile applications, machine-to-machine solutions and mobile services.

The three new services include a smart grid agreement with Petra Solar that will see AT&T offering the company's technology that combines solar generation and smart-grid technology in a single system. Another service AT&T is releasing is the AT&T Global Smart Messaging Suite that enables companies and government organizations to use SMS technology to communicate globally with mobile subscribers such as employees, partners or customers.

The third service is called AT&T Encrypted Mobile Voice, a service AT&T calls the first mobile-to-mobile voice encryption solutions using two-factor authentication offered by a U.S. operator. AT&T said the new service will provide high-level security for calls on the AT&T wireless network and is expected to be available later this quarter. It is targeted at government agencies, law enforcement organizations financial services institutions and international businesses.

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