The second largest telecom in Switzerland, Sunrise, is teaming up with Google to offer a new, unified, email system to their customers.
As opposed to having to make a large investment in their infrastructure, Sunrise sees this partnership as a quick way to implement giving their customers larger email accounts in a reliable frame work. There is no mention if the Google brand name will be on the new service, but one can easily imagine this may be the first of many "white label" offerings from Google. Perhaps there will be a footer link, or something similar, but this may be the Mountain View, CA Internet giant's way of expanding into even more markets by providing quick solutions to companies who wish to forgo large investments.
I have always been one to wonder why so many companies go to such lengths to "reinvent the wheel" when there is one out there that works so well already.
(via Heise Online)