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NEWS
Nokia to bring multimedia message delivery to
legacy mobile phones
(September 18, 2001)
Nokia Multimedia Terminal Gateway will enable the fast
take off of new person-to-person messaging from day one
Nokia today introduced the Nokia Multimedia Terminal Gateway that will enable
mobile operators to deliver multimedia messages to non-multimedia terminals,
also referred to as legacy phones. In addition the gateway will provide mobile
handset users with the possibility to store multimedia messages in personal
albums.
The Nokia Multimedia Terminal Gateway, an application gateway, complements the
earlier introduced Nokia Artuse MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) Center and
will be available for mobile operators during fourth quarter, 2001.
The legacy phone support provided by Nokia Multimedia Terminal Gateway will
enable mobile users to participate in multimedia messaging right from the start
of commercial services, regardless of the terminal type. Users of legacy phones
will get multimedia message delivery as a short message notification including
the URL address and the password for retrieving messages by using a web browser.
They will also be able to reply with a web created multimedia message or forward
a received multimedia message to an email address.
"Nokia has been the key driver of MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service)
development and sees the future of person-to-person messaging based
predominantly on MMS technology," says Pekka Salonoja, Vice President,
Server Software Products, Nokia.
"Within the industry legacy phone support plays a crucial role in the
initial deployment of multimedia messaging services. We believe that this latest
addition to the already extensive Nokia MMS solution portfolio will provide
operators with the desired competitive market edge and fuel the adaptation of
MMS as a mass market service", he adds.
Personal album storage is another key component of the Nokia Multimedia Terminal
Gateway. Mobile handset users will be able to use personal album for long-term
storage and to free up the memory on their MMS terminals. Personal albums may be
accessed either via a web interface or a WAP interface. Subscribers will be able
to compose and send multimedia messages using the album service, browse existing
stored messages, retrieve a previously stored messages from the album and
forward a retrieved message to either an email address or another phone
Nokia is the world leader in mobile communications. Backed by its experience,
innovation, user-friendliness and secure solutions, the company has become the
leading supplier of mobile phones and a leading supplier of mobile, fixed and IP
networks. By adding mobility to the Internet Nokia creates new opportunities for
companies and further enriches the daily lives of people. Nokia is a broadly
held company with listings on six major exchanges.