ICal server + iPhone sync

We recently upgraded to a Mac Mini Server running 10.6.7. I've got the iCal service running on the server and it's working within our office swimmingly. Every user in the office has an account and we're all delegates of everyone else, so we can keep track of what everyone is up to and invite them to meetings. All works great.
The trouble comes when we try to sync a users CalDAV account with their iPhones. You can sync and view the CalDAV account on the phone but you connot modify it. So if a user is out of the office and wants to add something to their CalDAV work calendar while outside the office, they cannot.
You can add the event to your personal calendar, and when you return to the office you can sync with iTunes and then move the event from your personal calendar to your CalDAV account, but that's a bit of a pain in the rear.
Is anyone else running up against this? Any solutions?
iPhones are 3Gs running the current iOS.

Ok because this is a server based calendar, only devices with access to the server can create events; you will need to enable the Iphones to be able to talk through the network to the sever for them to create events, otherwise the calendar is essentially a read only file.
Now that i’m thinking about it, can you confirm that set up is similar as follows:
CalDAV
Server: cal.example.com
User Name: example
Password: ****

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