conVISUAL and Nokia serve Multimedia Messaging á la carte

conVISUAL, the first Visual Messaging Service Provider, andNokia Networks, world leader in the area of wireless equipment,form a partnership to develop Multimedia Messaging Services ofthe next generation. Oberhausen, Germany (ots/PROTEXT)- This co-operation is to combine Nokia's know how in the fieldof mobile internet infrastructure with conVISUAL's innovativeVisual Messaging Applications to offer enhanced services of nextgeneration to operators and service providers. The connection ofconVISUAL's Multimedia Message Broker with the Nokia m-platformallows for the junction of basic network-related services, suchas Location Based Services, and multimedia applications, e. g.the conVISUAL Mobile Picture Postcard. Thus, the end user getsthe possibility to send a mobile postcard showing a motif whichis related to his or her current location. Dr. Thomas Wolf, conVISUAL's CEO, is cheerful about thesynergy between Nokia and conVISUAL: "We are honoured to be giventhe chance to concentrate Nokia's expertise and our competence.This partnership enables us to meet the end customer's desire formultimedia communication which can individually be adapted topersonal lifestyle." In the Nokia Mobile Internet Center (MIC) in Düsseldorf,Germany, conVISUAL is demonstrating concrete services which mayarise from the partnership between conVISUAL and Nokia Networks.The MIC is a forum for the testing and integrating of mobileinternet applications. Supported by Nokia, all MIC partners havethe opportunity to lively present their latest innovations. conVISUAL - the home of Visual Messaging Services conVISUAL is the first Wireless Application Service Providerfocused on the realization of Visual Messaging Services. Throughan innovative product portfolio conVISUAL creates opportunitiesfor network operators, service providers, ISPs and mediacompanies to expand their businesses by leveraging theextraordinary potential of multimedia messaging services.conVISUAL's Multimedia Message Broker (MMB) is the intelligentplatform for the creation, personalization, conversion anddistribution of mobile multimedia messages. Using the MMB,conVISUAL operates numerous messaging applications, that aregrowing concurrently with the emerging multimedia facilities ofmobile devices: The MMB supports all of today's common messagingstandards, such as SMS, Smart Messaging, Enhanced MessagingService (EMS) and WAP, as well as future GPRS and UMTStechnologies such as the Multimedia Messaging Service. Based inOberhausen in Germany, conVISUAL employs a talented andexperienced team, concentrating highest industry excellenceincluding Ericsson, Mannesmann Mobilfunk, Nokia and TheronBusiness Consulting.ConVISUALEssener Strasse 2-2446047 Oberhausen, GermanyE-mail: info@convisual.comwww.convisual.comPhone: +49 208 85 96 - 807media contactSandra WiewiorraMedia Relations Managere-mail: press@convisual.com

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