MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service )
Mobile Messaging is evolving beyond SMS text messaging with the introduction of MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service)

MMS delivers a total communication experience, allowing personalised multimedia content such as images, audio, text, video and combinations of these.

Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) is a store and forward messaging service that allows mobile subscribers to exchange multimedia messages with other mobile subscribers. As such it can be seen as an evolution of SMS, with MMS supporting the transmission of additional media types:

• text
• picture
• audio
• video
• combinations of the above

Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) is an important emerging service, which allows the sending of multiple media in a single message, and the ability to send a message to multiple recipients.

The originator can easily create a Multimedia Message, either using a built-in or accessory camera, or can use images and sounds stored previously in the phone (and possibly downloaded from a web site).

Even if the recipient phone is not switched on, the Multimedia Message will be stored and sent to the recipient as soon as they switch on their phone.If the recipient has not subscribed to the MMS service, still he/she can view the MMS through internet based on the SMS notification he/she gets.

A number of Multimedia Messages can be stored in the users handset and reviewed or forwarded at a later date.

WAP

The Wireless Application Protocol (WAP) is hot for several reasons:
• It provides a standardized way of linking the Internet to mobile phones, thereby linking two of the hottest industries anywhere
• Its founder members include the major wireless vendors of Nokia, Ericsson and Motorola, plus a newcomer Phone.com.
The wireless industry came up with the idea of WAP. The point of this standard was to show internet contents on wireless clients, like mobile phones.
• WAP stands for Wireless Application Protocol
• WAP is an application communication protocol
• WAP is used to access services and information
• WAP is inherited from Internet standards
• WAP is for handheld devices such as mobile phones
• WAP is a protocol designed for micro browsers
• WAP enables the creating of web applications for mobile devices
• WAP uses themark-up language WML (not HTML)
• WML is defined as an XML 1.0 application
 

This WAP facility is available over CSD & GPRS for the CellOne customers.

GPRS
General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) enabled networks offer 'always-on', higher capacity, Internet-based content and packet-based data services. This enables services such as colour Internet browsing, e-mail on the move, powerful visual communications, multimedia messages.

Customer can use GPRS as bearer to access internet. Please note that all mobile devices may not support GPRS facility.

Click here for GPRS HANDSET CONFIGURATION