Connectivity; Advantages Of Gprs/Edge - Sony Ericsson Z500a White Paper

The architecture of MMS
Message conversion
The MMS-C is able to perform limited message
conversion - for example, from MMS to SMS - so that
processing and air time is not wasted in sending
messages to mobile terminals that do not have adequate
capability to receive them. It also handles service aspects
such as store and forward, guaranteed delivery,

Connectivity

Advantages of GPRS/EDGE

Using GPRS and EDGE has many advantages, for
example:
• Constant connection
Keep an open connection to the company network.
All connection settings can be managed by using the
subscriber preferences, operator constraints, and billing
information. The MMS-C also vouches for high quality
messaging, for example by format conversion. This
means that the MMS-C recognizes which formats are
supported in the mobile phone, and adapts the MMS
messages to these formats.
data connections feature.
• High speed
Gain access automatically to increased bandwidth
when downloading large files, images etc.
• Cost efficient
Use transmission capacity only when needed, thus
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Z500a
White Paper
June 2004