Microsoft said on Sunday that its long-awaited push email capability for mobile devices is finally heading into the market.

Although Microsoft is offering push email abilities later than some mobile specialists, such as Good Technology and RIM, the company said the numbers are still on its side. Although there are a billion mobile phones and 400 million Outlook email users worldwide, only about 10 million people are getting their corporate email delivered to their phones.

Microsoft vice president Suzan DelBene said in a telephone interview on Friday: "We look at the universe out there and we know there is just a huge, huge opportunity yet to be met."

Find out more about Microsoft's push email software at http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39156381,00.htm.