Nokia Siemens Networks and O2 Europe Extend MMS Agreement

Nokia Siemens Networks and Telefonica O2 Europe have decided to extend their multimedia messaging agreement. Their partnership must have been quite profitable in the past, which has lead to their interest in singing it again for a new period of time.

The agreement between Nokia Siemens Networks and Telefonica O2 regards their existing frame agreement on multimedia messaging (MMS) for O2's operations in Ireland, the United Kingdom and Germany. New profits are expected to come from this deal, as Nokia Siemens Networks will continue to provide and integrate an end-to-end MMS solution, including their Multimedia MMS Center (MMSC), Profile Server and Multimedia Application Gateway.

"Our decision to extend the existing agreement reflects our satisfaction with Nokia Siemens Networks' MMS solution and support services. We look forward to continuing our success in the MMS market and building our relationship with Nokia Siemens Networks", says Andrew Tobin, Head of Messaging, Telefónica O2, in the UK.

"Nokia Siemens Networks is pleased to extend and renew the successful cooperation in MMS technology with Telefonica O2 Europe and we are proud to support their MMS leadership in the market. Our in-depth understanding of networks combined with our parent company's profound knowledge of mobile devices gives us the advantage of covering the whole messaging chain", says Richard Kitts, Head of customer business team Telefónica O2 Europe, Nokia Siemens Networks.

Nokia Siemens Networks will also provide O2 with MMS support and maintenance services. The networks will be managed by the multi-vendor, multi-technology Nokia Siemens Networks NetAct network and service management system. This will enable users of MMS-capable phones to benefit from just about the same services as they had until now. The users will be able to send messages, combine text, images, graphics and sound in a single rich message directly to other MMS terminals, e-mail addresses or even non-MMS capable phones.