MMS Center by MATERNA now as attractive hosting solution
Quick introduction of MMS services
Dortmund/Cannes, 14 February 2005
The MMS Center by MATERNA is a very efficient platform for sending and receiving multimedia messages. MMSC Hosting, as part of an outsourcing strategy for mobile network operators, is based on two strong requirements; Minimized efforts for the carrier, and a short time availability of MMS.
The MMSC reflects MATERNA’s long-term expertise in mobile messaging. The company started its MMS activities early in the beginning of standardization. Based on comprehensive experience from the SMS business, MATERNA has built up a broad portfolio of MMS related products, covering platforms, applications & services. Currently, MMSC is running with several operators in Europe and the Middle East.
Hosting offers include full MMS services, with transcoding, message routing to other national and international network operators, subscriber management, billing and statistics. Comprehensive sets of consumer oriented MMS applications i.e. MMS-to-Postcard, MMS Greeting Cards or Video MMS, as well as a multimedia album, are all part of this offer. MATERNA´s MMSC is client-enabled, which means that several network operators can be connected to one platform. The synergy resulting from this possibility includes a cost advantage that will be passed down to the customer.
"This proposition is very attractive to small mobile network operators, mobile virtual network operators and new GSM/UMTS market entrants. This enables them to offer full multimedia messaging services, plus appealing consumer applications, from day one, and on very competitive commercial terms", says Helmut an de Meulen, Co-founder and CEO of MATERNA. “ In addition, MATERNA’s hosted MMSC service is the ideal solution for network operators looking for additional MMS overflow or backup capacity.”
MATERNA Information & Communications
MATERNA is a leading software company in the field of information and communication technology. The company employs worldwide 1.100 staff members and its turnover was estimated to more than 142 million Euros for the year 2003. Beside the head office in Dortmund, the company has offices and subsidiaries located all over Germany as well as in Austria, Belgium, Czech republic, Denmark, France, Great Britain, Netherlands, Poland, Singapore, Spain, Switzerland and USA. The Business Unit Communications offers products and solutions from the business area Mobile Solutions and Unified Messaging. This includes in particular value-added services for mobile and fixed net on base of SMS, MMS, WAP and Mobile Java which are distributed under the brand name Anny Way. The Anny Way Academy is active on the market in terms of trainings and consulting services as found in practice. In the Business Unit Information, MATERNA develops integrated IT solutions for process optimization involving companies and public administration. This includes the topic fields Portals, Information Management, Service and IT Infrastructure Management.
For further details, please contact:
MATERNA Information & Communications
Antje Krämer
antje.kraemer@materna.de
Phone +49 173 70 11 085
www.materna.comwww.annyway.com
