enable
verb (used with object)
to make able; give power, means, competence, or ability to: Students with vision impairments are enabled in the classroom with magnifiers and screen reader software.
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that will be taking place in the future.
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The key, says Nokia m-commerce expert Tom Zalewski, will be enabling retailers to reach out to phone users with short messages when they are within, say, a mile or two of a store.
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