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May 2003 - Unisys Corporation and Nokia announced an
agreement that will further accelerate the adoption
of Multimedia Messaging Services (MMS) in the global
marketplace and give telecommunications providers another
potential stream of revenue. According to the agreement,
Unisys will sell and market the Nokia MMS solution to
mobile operators and service providers globally. The
MMS solution will be available from Unisys within the
month.
The
MMS solution offered by Unisys will be a high-capacity
multimedia messaging platform for person-to-person mobile
messaging and content access. Under the agreement, Unisys
will resell Nokia's market-leading end-to-end multimedia
messaging solution to Unisys telecommunications clients.
These clients will then be able to act as a bridge between
content providers and millions of end-user customers
who desire comprehensive and versatile MMS services.
In addition, Unisys will offer systems integration and
support services, as well as its expertise in providing
solutions specifically for the communications industry.
The
Nokia MMS solution includes the Nokia Multimedia Messaging
Service Center (MMSC), the Nokia Multimedia Application
Gateway, the Nokia WAP Gateway and the Nokia Profile
Server. The core of the solution, the Nokia MMS Center,
is a scalable and high-capacity service platform targeted
at mobile operators and service providers who want to
offer new interactive and rich media content to their
subscribers. The solution features include personalized
profiling options, support for non-MMS enabled terminals,
intelligent email connectivity, voice messaging over
MMS, and long-term message storage with personal multimedia
albums.
According
to Michael J. Reuschel, president, Unisys Global Communications
and Media Industry, "This agreement expands our success
in the enhanced services/value-added services area of
telecommunications operators to the MMS marketplace.
The combination of Nokia MMS solution and Unisys MMS
applications experience serves as an important junction
between the traditional voice world and multi-media
services."
"MMS
is at the forefront of new mobile services that provide
operators, service and content providers with new revenue
sources and large amount of business opportunities.
Subscribers can enjoy personalized messages combining
images, text and audio," says Niklas Savander, senior
vice president, Nokia Mobile Software. "Nokia has the
industry's strongest track record in creating powerful
MMS products and solutions. We are now very pleased
to collaborate with Unisys - a proven market leader
in the MMS applications area - in order to further accelerate
MMS adoption."
Multimedia
Messaging Service (MMS) is a messaging service that
lets users of mobile handsets to create, send and receive
messages combining text, images, graphics, audio and
even video clips in a single rich message. MMS is an
open industry standard designed to work across various
mobile networks, including GSM, GPRS, CDMA and WCDMA
networks. Operators across the globe are enabling MMS
services for their mobile customers while mobile handset
manufacturers are delivering MMS-capable mobile devices
to consumers.
SOURCE
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