1. Multimedia Messaging Service

2. Camera phone - Multimedia Messaging Service
Camera phones can share pictures almost instantly and automatically via a sharing infrastructure integrated with the carrier network. Early developers including Philippe Kahn envisioned a technology that would enable service providers to "collect a fee every time anyone snaps a photo." The resulting technologies, Multimedia Messaging Service and Sha-Mail were developed parallel to and in competition to open Internet based mobile communication provided by GPRS and later 3G networks.

3. Multimedia Messaging Service
Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) is a standard way to send messages that include multimedia content to and from mobile phones. It extends the core SMS (Short Message Service) capability that allowed exchange of text messages only up to 160 characters in length.

4. Multimedia Messaging Service - History
Multimedia messaging services were first developed as a captive technology that would enable service providers to "collect a fee every time anyone snaps a photo."

5. Multimedia Messaging Service - Technical description
The message is then forwarded to the carrier's MMS store and forward server, known as the MMSC (Multimedia Messaging Service Centre)

6. Network switching subsystem - Multimedia messaging service centre (MMSC)
The 'multimedia messaging service centre' supports the sending of multimedia messages (e.g., images, Sound|audio, video and their combinations) to (or from) MMS-enabled Handsets.

7. Home Location Register - Multimedia messaging service center (MMSC)
The 'multimedia messaging service center' supports the sending of multimedia messages (e.g., images, Sound|audio, video and their combinations) to (or from) MMS-enabled Handsets.

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