MMS Interconnection Comes to Switzerland

MMS transmission is now possible between the the mobile networks in Switzerland - Swisscom Mobile, Orange and Sunrise. Swisscom Mobile will also be linking up with foreign networks in the near future. Commercial and technical arrangements have to be made to enable the sending of multimedia messages across networks. To this end, Swisscom Mobile, Orange and Sunrise have drawn up an agreement on the commercial side and have comprehensively tested the technical functionalities.

And another piece of good news for NATEL customers is that for the purposes of billing Swisscom Mobile does not distinguish between MMS messages sent internally on the Swisscom Mobile network and those sent across networks - the standard volume-based price model applies in all instances, with prices ranging from CHF 0.20 to CHF 0.90 depending on the size of the message sent. The receipt of MMS messages within Switzerland is free of charge as long as the message does not originate from a content provider.

Sunrise says that it will start billing for MMS services in a few weeks' time. Until then, the service remains free of charge on their network"

Posted to the site on 7th April 2003