HELSINKI, Finland—Tecnomen and Sony Ericsson announced the successful completion of interoperability tests between Tecnomen's Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) Centre and Sony Ericsson's T68i MMS-enabled mobile handset.Interoperability between the new generation of MMS-enabled phones and the service systems that will manage and store MMS messages...
DUBLIN, Ireland—One 2 One unveiled its multimedia messaging (MMS) plans for the United Kingdom at the same time that the name One 2 One was consigned to history as the company formally changed its name to T-Mobile. The company will launch its MMS service...
ROME—The market for messaging services continues to lead the development of the worldwide wireless data industry, as shown by several news announcements.First, the GSM Association released figures showing the massive and continuing success of short message services throughout the world. According to the group,...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—Openwave Systems Inc. said it plans to perform a testing program to confirm if its MMS Client, MMS server and its WAP Gateway interoperates with Nokia's MMS-enabled handsets such as 7650 and the Nokia MMS server solution."The testing resulting in interoperability between...
HELSINKI, Finland—Norwegian telecom operator Telenor's competitors in Scandinavia are puzzled by the Oslo-based operator's decision to price at the high end for multimedia messaging services (MMS). Telenor intends to charge MMS users a price of US$1.40 to send images and pictures via their cell...
NEW DELHI, India—Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, the 50:50 joint venture between Ericsson and Sony Corporation, hopes to grab a substantial share of the emerging market for multimedia mobile phones in the Asia-Pacific region. The company on Tuesday launched its multimedia messaging service (MMS) phone...
LONDON—Short message service (SMS) company Logica said it scored two multimedia messaging contracts and is trialing the product with five additional wireless carriers. The company did not name its customers.Analysts have questioned whether Logica, which controls a vast amount of the SMS industry, can...
WOODBURY, N.Y.—France's Bouygues Telecom said it has chosen Comverse's Multimedia Messaging Service Center (MMSC) to run on its GPRS network.The MMSC platform allows multimedia messages to be sent and received on wireless devices. "This platform is quickly operational and represents the first step towards...
HELSINKI, Finland—Nokia, CMG Wireless Data Solutions, Comverse, L.M. Ericsson, Logica, Motorola, Siemens AG and Sony Ericsson Communications have joined to found an Interoperability Group for multimedia messaging services that will help ensure a smooth introduction of MMS into the market.Together the companies plan to...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.—Multimedia messaging continues to make waves in the wireless industry, as two major messaging companies today announced MMS products for both wireless carriers and corporate customers.Wireless Internet giant Openwave Systems Inc. released its MMS infrastructure solution, which is part of its instant...
Handsets/wireless devicesSonySony Electronics unveiled its CLIE handhePEG-T415 ld with reduced profile, featuring a slim design with aluminum case and enhanced infrared port for controlling audio and video equipment. The company also...
LONDON—Vodafone Group signed a global agreement with Ericsson to supply multimedia messaging software, which Vodafone plans to use to introduce its Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) later this year.Vodafone said the service will allow customers to compose, send and receive messages using all forms of...
HELSINKI, Finland—Finnish wireless carrier Sonera Corp. hopes to be the first carrier to offer multimedia messaging services in the first half of next year through a deal with Nokia Corp.Sonera purchased Nokia's Artuse Multimedia Messaging Service Center, which allows users to send text messages...
JAKARTA, Indonesia—SingTel Mobile is about to add a new application to its existing General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) technology and future third-generation (3G) services. The application, multimedia messaging services (MMS), will be developed in collaboration with Ericsson Cyberlab, one of the first vendors to...
DUBLIN, Ireland—Logica announced a live trial implementation of multimedia messaging service (MMS) over Orange U.K.'s General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) network. The trial is the first step toward full implementation, Logica said.Orange will use the trial to develop and test a range of MMS...
WOODBURY, N.Y.-Comverse today announced Swedish mobile carrier Europolitan Vodafone will trial Comverse's multimedia messaging service over its GPRS network.Comverse's announcement comes a week after the company released the results of a study it conducted to determine user interest in multimedia messaging services. The company...
WOODBURY, New York, United States—Comverse announced Swedish mobile carrier Europolitan Vodafone will trial Comverse's multimedia messaging service over its General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) network.Comverse's announcement comes a week after the company released the results of a study it conducted to determine user interest...
LA JOLLA, Calif.—Bitfone Corp. released the company's flagship product, iBroker, in an effort to tap into the growing multimedia messaging market.Bitfone said its product allows users to send multimedia content using pictures and animations stored on a carrier's database, or users can wirelessly access...
NEW YORK-A group of seven network infrastructure and software systems developers have joined forces in what they are calling an "initiative" to explain and promote multimedia messaging service in advance of commercial product availability starting late this year.Participating in the alliance are CMG Wireless...
Timing is everything. As European wireless markets face saturation, the rollout of next-generation services becomes even more essential to the continued growth of the industry. "Ultimately, the potential is there, the question is, can the handset manufacturers come out with the handsets and can...
GoBeam Inc.GoBeam Inc. rolled out its GoBeam Dashboard, a dashboard user interface that enables customers to easily manage business communication services from a browser-based console. The service is accessible through the GoBeam Web site and requires no software to run. The GoBeam Dashboard includes...
