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Wireless
November
25, 2004
Comfone launches MMS eXchange service
SWITZERLAND
-- Comfone, a leading provider of global mobile value-added
roaming services, recently launched two services, the
first allowing mobile providers to exchange MMS information,
and the second offering a complete MMS broker service.
The
services draw on the joint competencies of Comfone and
MATERNA, partners in offering comprehensive multimedia
messaging interworking solution. The companies' collaboration
brings together Comfone's expertise in international
mobile roaming with MATERNAs experience in providing,
implementing and operating MMSCs (multimedia messaging
service centers) for global mobile operators.
The
MMS eXchange service, Comfone MMSX, facilitates the
bilateral interchange of MMS between mobile operators,
including access, relay, bulk file production, online
reporting and financial clearing. The comprehensive
MMS eXchange service, part of Comfone's data service
portfolio and based on Comfone's GRX infrastructure
with reach to over 130 mobile operators worldwide, provides
IP access, DNS and routing for the transport of MMS.
MMS
interworking is enabled among different mobile operators
with its relation management, mobile number portability
(MNP) check, transcoding and further options. Bulk file
production and financial clearing of MMS are offered
in addition.
Denis Gheysen, executive vice president, marketing and
sales, Comfone, said: "MMS will become a major
source of revenue for service providers, increasing
ARPU and allowing customer retention. But building up
a network of bilateral interworking relationships among
mobile operators is time consuming and costly. Comfone's
solution reduces the complexities involved in rolling
out a new network. Comfone MMSX enables mobile network
provider's operational costs to be reduced and setting
up of network relations speeded up." The enhanced
full broker solution for MMS provides worldwide coverage
for MMS termination and interworking through one agreement
with Comfone and one connection to Comfone's central
platform.
Stefan Kruppa, senior product marketing manager, MATERNA,
said: "The combined offer of MATERNA and Comfone
gives us a unique market position. This is the only
offer in the market using a full MMSC. The service takes
advantage of its MNP, store and forward and content
conversion technology, which guarantees a high rate
of successful delivered messages and interoperability
between different MMSCs of mobile network provider."
Contact:
Comfone
Tel: +41-31-341-1174
louise.sinclair@comfone.com
www.comfone.com
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