conVISUAL's mobile multimedia services are now available at Yahoo! Handy

Oberhausen, Germany 18. prosince (ots/PROTEXT) 18. prosince- conVISUAL, the first Visual Messaging Service Provider, andYahoo! Deutschland have decided to collaborate. In a first step,Yahoo! Handy has introduced three of conVISUAL's mobile messagingservices: Downloading of logos and ringtones, the mobile Adventcalendar and the mobile multimedia greeting cards. conVISUAL is a specialist in developing visual messagingservices for today's and tomorrow's mobile phone networks. Withits Multimedia Message Broker (MMB) platform, conVISUAL supportsall common messaging formats like SMS, Smart Messaging, EnhancedMessaging (EMS) and WAP, in addition to upcoming mobile phonestandards like the Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) and i-mode.As a result of the collaboration with Yahoo! Deutschland, Yahoo!Handy users can avail of conVISUAL's innovative multimediaservices. "conVISUAL is making multimedia services accessible to themass market over the Yahoo! Handy portal. Mobile phone users cannow enjoy unrestricted communication, irrespective of thetechnological specifications of their mobile devices," explainsTorsten Jüngling, Sales Director at conVISUAL. Logos and ringtones based on conVISUAL's MMB platform areimmediately available from Yahoo! Handy. At logos.yahoo.de andklingeltoene.yahoo.de, customers can arrange their mobile phonesas they please. conVISUAL will provide Yahoo! with constantlyupdated content and assume responsibility behind the scenes forthe complete service. In time for Christmas, conVISUAL has launched one of thenewest applications at Yahoo!: The first ever mobile Adventcalendar for all mobile phone users. The mobile Advent calendaris the ideal gift for any mobile phone enthusiast. From December1st to 24th, a Christmas greeting is received on the mobile phonein the form of a saying, logo and/or ringtone. It does not matterwhat messaging standard the device supports - conVISUALautomatically converts the content into the appropriate formatand sends it as a Smart Message, Enhanced Message (EMS) or SMStext. Simultaneously to introducing the mobile Advent calendar,conVISUAL also presents the mobile multimedia greeting cards. Thecustomer simply selects one of the many images available atsmsgruesse.yahoo.de, adds a personal text and sends the greetingcard to a recipient of his/her choice. Again, the technologicalspecifications of the recipient's mobile phone are irrelevant forthis application as conVISUAL optimally matches the content withthe various messaging formats. conVISUAL - The Home of Visual Messaging Services. conVISUAL is the first Wireless Application Service Providerfocused on the realisation 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), WAP Push and Openwave Download Fun, as well asupcoming GPRS and UMTS technologies such as the MultimediaMessaging Service and i-mode. Based in Oberhausen in Germany,conVISUAL employs a talented and experienced team, concentratinghighest industry excellence including Ericsson, MannesmannMobilfunk, Nokia and Theron Business Consulting. Pictures Pictures accompanying this press release are available fordownload in the picture gallery in the press area on theconVISUAL website.

ots Originaltext: conVISUAL Internet:http://www.presseportal.de conVISUAL Essener Strasse 2-24 46047Oberhausen, Germany E-mail: info@convisual.com www.convisual.commedia contact Sandra Wiewiorra Media Relations Manager E-mail:press@convisual.com Phone: +49 208 85 96 - 807

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