Aicent Announces MMS Interworking Agreement with Cingular
Barcelona, Spain -- GSM Conference – February 15, 2006 – Aicent, Inc. today announced it has signed a Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) Interworking Service agreement with Cingular Wireless whereby Aicent will offer its global MMS footprint to Cingular in establishing MMS interconnections with global mobile operators in North & South America, Europe and Asia. Global MMS implementation will start immediately.
Cingular has been using Aicent GRX service to offer international GPRS data roaming since 2004 and is now the first mobile operator to aggressively embark on global MMS interconnectivity in the U.S. With the GRX network-based MMS interoperability guidelines established by the GSM Association, the industry is experiencing much more successful and seamless interworking that directly fuels higher MMS user adoption and usage growth.
“We are excited to partner with Cingular to pave the way towards a truly interoperable mobile environment,” said Lynn Liu, President and CEO of Aicent. “With more than 70 mobile operators in over 40 countries already commercially available from the Aicent MMS hub and more on the way, we look forward to assisting Cingular in expanding their MMS international coverage.”
About Aicent, Inc.
Founded in 2000, Aicent, Inc. is a leading provider of mobile data network services and solutions for global mobile operators and other service providers. Aicent operates one of world's largest GRX networks with direct connections to global operators that collectively serve more than 500 million mobile users. Through extensive peering arrangements, Aicent’s network reaches nearly all GPRS/3G operators around the world. Aicent also operates the world's first and one of the world’s largest MMS Inter-working services, provides SMS hubbing, mobile messaging delivery and other value added services across all types of 2.5G/3G mobile networks. The company is headquartered in San Jose, California with regional offices in North and South America, Asia Pacific and Europe. For more information, please visit: www.aicent.com.
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Michael Middleton
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