TeliaSonera’s recently-covered MMS solution for iPhones is not an exclusive program developed by the carrier itself. Instead, we will probably be looking at a program from a third-party developer called MobiSpine:
Stockholm, Sweden, November 19 2008 – Mobispine AB (MOBS) the market leader in delivering
mobile solutions to operators announced the availability of the world’s first true Multimedia
Messaging (MMS) for iPhone. Mobispine is now offering a “white label” MMS service for iPhone
to global operators. This new and innovative service will increase revenue per user (ARPU) and
generate profits for operators.
As it looks currently, the program will not be made available to end users (initially), but is sold to carriers only. Thus, end users without a carrier in the back will be left standing in the rain - I personally expect most carriers to deploy the program sooner than later due to the before-mentioned benefits of MMS…
The full PDF press release can be found here…
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