iPhone is still seen by many people (and a lot of IT departments) as predominantly a consumer phone.
However, Vodafone UK looks set to tout the iPhone 3GS as a business handset when it starts selling the device early next year.
In an email sent to its business customers titled 'Introducing iPhone 3GS for business', the operator promises that "with highly secure corporate email, calendar, contacts and thousands of business apps, iPhone 3GS is ready to go to work".
The email goes on to highlight the device's email, calendar and contacts features, as well as the way its Safari browser can securely access corporate intranet sites.
Vodafone also stresses the quality of its network, including for voice calls.
Touting the iPhone 3GS as a business handset isn't a new idea - O2 offers the device on business tariffs already - but it shows Vodafone is planning to look beyond pure consumers when it starts selling the device next year.