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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
3G Americas and CDMA Development Group Collaborate to Enable GSM and CDMA Customers to Exchange MMS
BELLEVUE, Wash. and COSTA MESA, Calif., May 6 -- 3G Americas
and the CDMA Development Group (CDG) today announced the conclusion of their
collaboration in a series of joint technical workshops with leading GSM and
CDMA operators and vendors to identify key elements necessary to ensure that
Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) deployments will be interoperable within
the Americas. The resulting document, Americas MMS Inter-carrier
Implementation Guidelines, collaboratively drafted by the MMS working group,
is available for all parties who may design, develop, manufacture, or provide
MMS equipment or services.
Chris Pearson, President of 3G Americas commented, "The technical
recommendations for MMS interoperability provided by this collaboration with
the CDG will help operators and vendors in the GSM and CDMA communities to
deliver simple and convenient use of Multimedia Messaging services to their
customers. Though focused on the Americas, these recommendations may serve as
an example for other regions of the world to follow."
The core set of technical and service-level requirement guidelines
developed by the joint working group cover multimedia routing, MMS
relay/server connectivity and multimedia charging for successful MMS
inter-working between operators. It is the group's intention that these
guidelines will enable MMS deployments in the Americas based on 3GPP Release 5
(R1) and 3GPP2 Release 0 (R6) and facilitate the exchange of MMS messages
between CDMA and GSM customers.
"Just as inter-carrier, inter-technology interoperability for Short
Message Service (SMS) broke down the barriers and greatly contributed to the
immense uptake of the service by wireless customers, this step towards MMS
interoperability is crucial for a similar mass adoption of MMS services in the
Americas," stated Perry LaForge, Executive Director of the CDG. "This joint
effort by our organizations demonstrates our commitments to delivering the
best customer experience and creating new opportunities for operators."
MMS was first available commercially more than two years ago and is now
offered globally by more than 215 GSM and CDMA operators according to EMC
World Cellular Database. Services available with MMS include popular picture
and video transfers, and voice and graphic attachments. Hundreds of devices
are currently available for either CDMA or GSM customers from a variety of
vendors.
Leading industry analyst Mark Lowenstein of Mobile Ecosystem commented,
"This will serve as a galvanizing force for one of the most exciting next
generation wireless applications." He continued, "The wireless customer wants
convenience, ease of use, and ubiquity among fellow wireless users from their
MMS services. This collaboration by 3G Americas and CDG provides a positive
message for the industry."
To download a free copy of Americas MMS Inter-carrier Implementation
Guidelines, visit: http://www.3gamericas.org or http://www.cdg.org.
About 3G Americas: Unifying the Americas through Wireless Technology
The mission of 3G Americas is to promote and facilitate the seamless
deployment of GSM, GPRS, EDGE, and UMTS (WCDMA) throughout the Americas for
the benefit of consumers. For more information, visit our website at
http://www.3gamericas.org.
About the CDG
The CDMA Development Group is a trade association formed to foster the
worldwide development, implementation and use of CDMA technologies. For more
information about the CDG, visit the CDG Web site at http://www.cdg.org.
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