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MMS this month on O2

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  • 01-10-2002 3:22pm
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    Gaz
    Registered Users Posts: 1,586 ✭✭✭


    Taken from ENN

    The company also announced that it is to launch its MMS offerings for Ireland, the UK, Netherlands and Germany during October. MMS is a kind of advanced SMS service that will allow users to send multimedia messages over a mobile phone -- including pictures taken with newly launched mobile phone cameras.


    The service is to be available to both pre- and post-pay customers and will include Web-based applications, which will enable customers to store and manipulate photos. Customers will also be able to upload images to a personal "photo album" well as download images from O2's multi-media library.


    No specific pricing was provided for Ireland, but an O2 spokesperson told ElectricNews.Net that the timing of the launch and pricing of messaging would "be in line with other markets." In Germany MMS messages will cost EUR0.39 per message for up to 30KB and EUR0.99 or for up to 100KB. In the UK it is planned to charge STG0.40 per message, but ten messages can be bought for STG3 per month and 25 messages for STG7 per month.


    MmO2 also plans to offer multimedia contents such as text, images and sound clips relating to sport, news, finance and weather for around EUR0.23 per message.


    A handful of new MMS-enabled phones will be launched by O2 as part of the new service, some of which will have digital cameras. These include the Nokia 3510, Sony Ericsson T68i and Nokia 7650. Other handsets, such as the Sharp GX1, the Nokia 6610, Nokia 7210, Sony Ericsson T300 and Siemens S55 will be available in the near future.


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