CHICAGO-Dobson Cellular Systems Inc. said it has tapped VeriSign Inc. to provide content and messaging interoperability services for the carrier’s 1.6 million subscribers.
VeriSign will offer its library of more than 50,000 ringtones, images, games and community services under the deal, and will supply interoperability for short message service and multimedia messaging services. Dobson said it will begin rolling out the new content and services in the next two months.
“With the deployment of our advanced GSM/GPRS/EDGE network in the past 18 months, we now expect content and new features to drive mobile services sales,” said Tim Duffy, Dobson’s senior vice president and chief technical officer. “In today’s market, picture messaging is popular, and video and enhanced gaming will be what customers want next. We want to be in position to offer these services to customers quickly.”
