Jain was once talking up interoperability between carriers for SMS messages as being a very large driver of adoption of INSP services and a BIG potential source of Revenues. He was very proud of the fact that INSP was the only supplier of this technology around. It was understood that a main reason SMS texting was not as big in the US was because of the various carriers lack of ability to 'talk' to one another. Ms. Knowles in INSP IR even drove home this point to me during one of my calls to her.
I have worried when the 'shoe would drop' and begin to read about the fact that others now have this very technology....
read on...
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Thursday September 20 06:48 PM EDT
Wireless Village Breaks Ground with Mobile Instant Messaging Demo
By Jay Wrolstad, Wireless.NewsFactor.com
A major milestone in mobile messaging has been reached by Wireless Village, which on Wednesday announced it had successfully demonstrated the world's first interoperable mobile instant messaging and presence service.
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The international organization, founded in April by Ericsson (Nasdaq: ERICY - news), Motorola (NYSE: MOT - news) and Nokia, said the demonstration showed how three different mobile phones were able to connect with two different mobile instant messaging and presence servers (IMPS) -- one located in Sweden and the other in the United States.
International Data Exchange
The companies said that, during the trial, wireless terminals completed some of the basic features of the Wireless Village client-server protocol. Specifically, the features allowed different mobile phones to connect with a remote mobile server, exchange presence information such as availability and location characteristics, and send and receive instant messages.
The internal demonstration is the result of a repetitive process used by the Wireless Village technical team to define its mobile messaging specifications, the companies said. Additional internal demonstrations are planned throughout the year, the group said, eventually culminating in publication of specifications.
Work on Track
"The demonstration confirms the technical direction of the Wireless Village specifications and that the scheduled work is on the right track," said Frank Dawson, Nokia representative and chairman of the Wireless Village initiative. "This shows the benefit of defining interoperable specifications. Operators can anticipate availability of different mobile devices that work with a choice of software servers, thus making the mobile Internet a more seamless experience for consumers."
"Interoperability is a challenge in today's telecommunications world, therefore this first interoperability demo is a major step for Wireless Village and ensures interoperability in the future," added Ericsson Mobile Phones vice president Jan Svensson.
Breaking Down Messaging Barriers
Wireless Village was formed to define and promote a set of universal specifications for mobile instant messaging and presence services. The specifications, expected by year-end, will be used for exchanging messages and presence information between mobile devices, mobile services and Internet-based instant messaging services, all fully interoperable and using existing Web technologies.
Currently, participation in chat and other instant messaging services with mobile phones, pagers and PDAs (personal digital assistants) is limited by a lack of common and interoperable software.
Therefore, Wireless Village said, its instant messaging specifications will be based on a wide variety of existing protocols and standards, such as SMS (short message service), MMS (multimedia messaging service), WAP (wireless application protocol), SIP (session initiation protocol), and XML (extensible markup language).
Specifications will be applicable to existing 2G and emerging 3G (third generation) wireless network technologies, the companies added.
Nokia Ahead of Curve
Nokia already has launched a multimedia messaging gateway a that promises to deliver sound and pictures, along with traditional SMS, to wireless devices.
However, because multimedia messaging-enabled handsets are not yet on the market, graphic-enhanced messages delivered through the gateway are accessible only via PCs, the company said.
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