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Global
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September
24, 2002
Wind
chooses Nokia as supplier for MMS solution
ITALY -- Italian mobile operator Wind has chosen Nokia's
MMS solution forits multimedia messaging service launched
commercially in July.
The
Nokia MMS solution is being used by Wind to allow its
mobile customers with MMS-capable phones to enjoy advanced
messaging services combining text, images, graphics
and sound in a single rich message. Wind, the first
Italian operator to launch MMS, launched its services
commercially at the beginning of July 2002 based on
Nokia's platform. Besides person-to-person (P2P) multimedia
messaging, Wind is offering application-to-person services
such as infotainment, entertainment and chat.
The
MMS solution being provided by Nokia will give Wind
an edge in offering advanced mobile services in one
of the world's most advanced - and demanding - mobile
markets.
Under
the agreement between the two companies, Nokia has supplied
Wind with a complete end-to-end MMS solution including
the Nokia MMS Center, the Nokia multimedia terminal
gateway, which provides non-MMS phones support and a
personal-album application for long-term message storage,
and the Nokia Profile Server, which supports the profiling
of Wind's customer base. Nokia has also supplied Wind
with Nokia 7650 imaging phones.
Antonio
Papa, Wind Account Director, Nokia Networks, said: "Nokia
believes that, much like the transition from radio to
TV, the evolution from text messaging to multimedia
messaging marks a whole new era of mobile communications,
combining images with sound and text. We are pleased
to be working so closely with Wind in order to provide
it with a complete multimedia messaging offering to
ensure that MMS is a success in Italy."
To
complement the solution offering and enable a smooth
entry into ready-made MMS content, Nokia also supported
Wind in setting up an MMS Developers' Competition, directed
mainly towards the Italian developer community. Both
individuals and companies were able to register, the
key criteria being their ability to fully exploit the
potential behind MMS and content-to-person applications.
Close to 300 developers registered for the competition,
and provided Wind with MMS application ideas, which
will lead to future cooperation in areas such as mobile
downloading, browsing and streaming. A final announcement
about the winners is expected towards October.
Contact
Nokia Networks
Tel: 358-0-7180-38195
Email: nokia.networks@nokia.com
Web: www.nokia.com
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