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To: elmatador who wrote (18546)	3/2/2002 11:08:38 AM
From: Dexter Lives On	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

We may expect variations of those themes once 3G baby pushes his head through... Ever seen the movie "Alien: Resurrection"? -vbg Of course, man cannot mess with nature and get away with it (sound familiar?), even if the purpose is noble (in this case, the plan is to use the aliens for gene therapy, vaccines, what have you). Soon enough, the aliens are out there dripping acidic saliva and munching at everyone's heads. Ripley allies with a band of rag tag rebels delivering cryogenically frozen human bodies that serve as hosts for the alien embryos. It's up to Ripley and her compatriots to escape and destroy the aliens before it's too late. ram.org Rob

To: elmatador who wrote (18546)	3/2/2002 11:50:52 AM
From: Eric L	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34857

re: Frost and Sullivan on MMS The Field: CMG, Logica, SchlumbergerSema, Comverse, Alcatel, Motorola, Nokia and Ericsson are in pole position to yield first fruits in the MMS race: >> Frost And Sullivan Warn Against MMS Hype March 02, 2002 CommerceNet Scandinavia Timo Poropudas In the MMS services the role of content services will be larger than in the SMS services. “An eagerly awaited technology like MMS runs the risk of disappointing customers the same way WAP did. Marketing messages should emphasize aspects such as the display limitations of handsets in terms of color and size. The customer should be aware of real expected data rate and not the theoretical,” warns Eduardo Gonzalez, research analyst at Frost & Sullivan. A new report from the marketing consulting company believes that mobile multimedia messaging, building on familiar text-messaging features but adding graphics, video, sounds and other multimedia elements, will offset the SMS decline in the future. “We expect MMS to account for 66.3 per cent of all mobile messaging revenue (excluding e-mail) in 2006,” notes Gonzalez. As with any new service and technology, it becomes crucial to convey the enhanced features and user-value with effectiveness and transparency, Gonzales writes. More Content Services The success of MMS relies heavily on the content available to the subscriber although the main thrust of mobile data services revenues are derived from peer-to-peer messaging. Frost & Sullivan believes that a much higher proportion of traffic will correspond to application-to-person communication such as information services, entertainment and music than in SMS. “Operators will play a crucial role in the MMS value chain, forging the right relationships with third-party content application providers and retaining the ownership of the applications. Customer education and the provision of an integrated and consistent experience for the user will be vital to operators’ success rates,” the author explains. CMG, Logica, SchlumbergerSema, Comverse, Alcatel, Motorola, Nokia and Ericsson are in pole position to yield first fruits in the MMS race, the report states. The financial burden of the 3G awards strengthens the position of network infrastructure providers since they will be able to offer MMSCs bundled into 3G infrastructure products and can provide an end-to-end solution including MMS-enabled handsets. << - Eric -