Mobile Messaging Technologies and Services: SMS, EMS and MMS

"Mobile Messaging Technologies and Services provides an in-depth description of existing and forthcoming messaging services and underlying technologies. The Short Message Service (SMS) has been a tremendous success in the messaging roadmap and the recently introduced Enhanced Messaging Service (EMS), an application-level extension of SMS, is expected to offer a smooth transition to the forthcoming Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS). Identified as the most important service for 3GPP, MMS provides the potential for the realization of future-proof services by meeting the requirements of various business models as the Internet and the mobile telecommunications environment merges. Person-to-person messaging constitutes the principal reason for the introduction of MMS to the market and it will also provide the opportunity to carry out user trials in the machine-to-person scenarios. In this context, value-added service providers will take advantage of MMS to promote multimedia contents to a wide range of mobile devices (location-based services, mobile commerce, online photo albums, etc.). The provision of MMS value-added services will undoubtedly offer appealing business opportunities for content providers and service developers. Explains and illustrates existing services including the Short Message Service (SMS) and the Enhanced Messaging Service (EMS) Offers a complete description of the forthcoming Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) Illustrates the most common examples of messaging applications usage and covers advanced topics for operators involved in the deployment and configuration of mobile messaging systems Describes the processes involved in standardizing telecommunications services and technologies (3GPP, WAP Forum, IETF and W3C) This volume represents a stimulating practical reference book for operators, content providers, manufacturers and developers of messaging applications and will also appeal to researchers and students. "