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T-Mobile to Enable Sending of Video Recordings
- Video MMS, a new T-Mobile service, will enable the sending of video recordings using a mobile phone
- The first phone to support the sending of video recordings is Nokia 7650
- The application and media player for Video MMS will be free of charge for T-Mobile customers
Prague, 4 November 2002 â?" RadioMobil will be offering its customers a new service â?" Video MMS. Shortly after launching the Multimedia Messaging Service, it will be possible to send, in addition photographs, short video sequences. The first phone allowing the use of Video MMS is Nokia 7650.
â?śVideo MMS represents another real breakthrough in mobile communication. For the first time ever, customers will be able to record short videos and send them to their friends or business partners immediately,â?ť says Jiri Dvorjancansky, Marketing Director of RadioMobil.
In order to be able to send video recordings using the Video MMS service, customers have to install software on their phones, which will be downloadable from www.t-mobile.cz free of charge. On the same address, customers will find instructions on how to install the application on their phones. The first phone to enable the use of Video MMS will be Nokia 7650. It will be possible to send video recordings via MMS to e-mail addresses and in the future directly to MMS-enabled mobile phones.
Video recordings sent via Video MMS to an e-mail address can be viewed on a PC with the help of the corresponding media player. If they do not have such a media player, together with instructions on installation, it is downloadable free of charge from www.t-mobile.cz, together with instructions on installation.
With the new Video MMS service, it will be possible to record, store, replay and send video sequences that are approximately 15 seconds longs and have a maximum size of 95 kB. The same price as that of a standard MMS will apply to video recordings sent via MMS (i.e. CZK 10 incl. 5% VAT). Video MMS will be available to T-Mobile customers in the course of November.
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RadioMobil is the first and so far the only national operator in the Czech Republic to bring its customers the benefits arising from membership in a global telecommunications group, T-Mobile International. For more information, visit www.t-mobile.cz
T-Mobile International, one of Deutsche Telekom AGâ??s four strategic divisions, is one of the worldâ??s leading international mobile communications providers. Deutsche Telekomâ??s subsidiaries and affiliated companies today serve more than 71.5 million mobile customers worldwide. T-Mobile is the first transatlantic mobile communications provider utilizing the digital GSM wireless technology standard. In October 2002, T-Mobile was awarded Best Mobile Operator in the category Europe, Middle East and Africa by the jury of the World Communication Awards 2002. For more information,
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JiĹ?í Hájek
Corporate Communication Manager
RadioMobil a.s.
Tel: +420 603 400 130
Fax: +420 603 620 106
E-mail: press@t-mobile.cz
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