WIRELESS AND MOBILE NEWS

Verizon Wireless is now offering  Field Force Manager, an all-in-one mobile resource management solution to help mobile business customers reduce operational costs and increase productivity, for MOTO Q 9c, BlackBerry Curve 8330 and BlackBerry 8830 World Edition smartphone, with more available later this year.

The Field Force Manager provides complete management control in near real-time by allowing the main office to

• Locate remote employees;
• Schedule and dispatch jobs;
• Receive fleet, job and employee reports.

Remote employees using Field Force Manager on their supported smartphone can

• Submit timecards, customer and job status information to the business office.
• Get turn-by-turn driving directions to new jobs.

Starting at $15.00 per month, Field Force Manager from Verizon Wireless is available with unlimited e-mail on BlackBerryInternet Service or Windows Mobile 6.1. www.verizonwireless.com