Messaging using EMS

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Several sounds and melodies can be inserted in one message, and they can be combined with pic- tures.

Pictures can be created and edited in the phone using a built-in Picture Editor. Several pictures can be inserted in one message, and they can be com- bined with sounds and melodies.

Pictures and animations

Phones supporting EMS include a set of pre- defined animations. New pictures and animations can be downloaded from the Internet or received in SMS messages.

Concatenated messages

A part of the EMS standard is the support for con- catenated messages, which means that the phone is able to automatically combine several messages both when creating and receiving EMS. This is use- ful to be able to build and display messages with rich content since the amount of information in each SMS is limited by the SMS standards.

Compatible with SMS standards

Users will find EMS as easy to use as SMS. At the moment 15 billion SMS messages, are sent every month worldwide. Roughly 80% of this traffic is user-to-user i.e. mobile phone users sending short messages to each other using the keypad of the phone to enter text. The remaining 20% is shared by downloads and notifications of different kinds.

Huge business potential

Network operators can now enhance their services and attract more customers by offering pictures, animations, ring signals and melodies for download at their portals. Operators can charge more per EMS message since it contains more data. Thereby EMS adds more value to the operators and to the end users.

now stable and complete as part of the 3rd Gener- ation Partnership Project (3GPP) technical specifi- cation.

EMS dynamics

An EMS message can be sent to a mobile phone that does not support EMS, or only supports part of EMS. All the EMS elements i.e. text formatting, pictures, animations and sounds are located in the message header. The EMS contents will be ignored by a receiving phone that does not support the standard. Only the text message will be displayed to the receiver. This is true consumer-friendly standardization.

Examples of EMS contents and applications

A wide range of contents, applications and serv- ices may be developed. Below is a list of examples and areas where messaging can be enhanced with EMS.

User-to-user message

Messages usually originating from the keypad of a mobile phone can include pictures, animations, melodies, formatted text with EMS.

Standards

The Enhanced Messaging Service (EMS) was first submitted to the standards committees by Erics- son. Ericsson presented the outline structure of EMS to the relevant ETSI/ 3GPP committees. The major mobile phone manufacturers and most oper- ators are actively contributing to the 3GPP stand- ards. Hence the EMS standard has evolved and is

Voice and e-mail notifications

Notifying mobile phone users that they have new voice or fax mail messages waiting - including icons or melodies with EMS.

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