MATERNA announces hosted MMSC services for small mobile network operators and MVNOs

Dortmund (ots/PROTEXT 19.2.2004) - MATERNA Information &Communications, the leading mobile application service provider,today announced their multi-client MMSC service. "This offer is avery attractive proposition to small mobile network operators,mobile virtual network operators and new GSM/UMTS marketentrants, enabling them to offer full multimedia messagingservices plus appealing consumer applications from day one, andat very competitive commercial terms", says Helmut an de Meulen,Co-founder and CEO of MATERNA. In addition, MATERNA's hostedMMSC service is the ideal solution for network operators lookingfor additional MMS overflow or backup capacity.

The hosted MMSC is based on the proven and reliable Anny WayMultimedia Messaging Centre, which has been already deployed toa significant number of mobile network operators in Europe andMiddle East. The hosting offer includes full MMS servicesincluding transcoding, message routing to other national andinternational network operators, subscriber management, billingand statistics. A comprehensive set of consumer-oriented MMSapplications as well as a multimedia album goes along with thisoffer.

MATERNA GmbH Information & Communications

MATERNA is a leading software company in the field ofinformation and communication technology. The company employsworldwide 1.200 staff members and its turnover was estimated tomore than 145 million euros for the year 2002. The Business UnitCommunications offers products and solutions from the businessarea Mobile Solutions and Unified Messaging. This includes inparticular mobile and fixnet value-added services on base of SMSand MMS, WAP and Mobile Java which are distributed under thebrand name Anny Way. ots Original Text Service: Materna GmbH Internet:http://www.presseportal.de Contact: Antje Krämer Phone: +49 173 70 11 085antje.kraemer@materna.de www.annyway.com

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