EINDHOVEN, The Netherlands-Philips Electronics said its video and playback encoding software is being used by Italian mobile operator Wind for its multimedia message service (MMS). Subscribers to the service can capture and play video clips on suitable handsets equipped with the Philips’ Platform4 ME software, and forward clips to other users as MMS attachments.
Philips called the service the first of its kind in Italy and the second such service in the world.