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White Paper T310/T312
14 January 2003
EMS (Enhanced Messaging Service)
Enhanced Messaging Service (EMS) adds new
powerful functionality to the well-known SMS
standard. With it, mobile phone users can add life
to SMS text messaging in the form of pictures,
animations, sound and formatted text. This gives
the users new ways to express feelings, moods
and personality in SMS messages. As well as
messaging, users will enjoy collecting and
swapping pictures and ring signals and other
melodies, downloading them from the Internet or
editing them directly on the phone.
EMS uses existing SMS infrastructure and industry
standards, keeping investments to a minimum for
operators and providing a familiar user interface
and compatibility with existing phones and with
other manufacturers.
EMS – more than just words
Sounds and melodies
EMS gives the user the ability to send and receive
sounds. These can be pre-defined sounds, such as
“Chime high” and “Notify”, or melodies (ring
signals in the phone), downloaded from the
Internet, received in SMS messages or composed
by the user on the phone keypad or a PC.
Several sounds and melodies can be inserted in
one message, and they can be combined with
pictures.
Pictures, animations and formatted text
Phones supporting EMS include a set of pre-
defined pictures for inserting in SMS messages.
New pictures and animations are downloaded from
the Internet or received in SMS messages. Several
pictures can be inserted in one message, and they
can be combined with sounds and melodies. The
users can format text in messages with different
styles and sizes.
Concatenated messages
A part of the EMS standard is the support for
concatenated messages, which means that the
phone is able to automatically combine several
messages both when creating and receiving EMS.
This is useful 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.
New possibilities with messaging
The EMS standard is now a part of the SMS
standard and supported by the major network
operators and mobile phone manufacturers. This
universal approach enables a fast penetration and
development of new services and applications
within messaging.
Creativity explosion
Users will be inspired to create and swap their own
melodies and pictures. But more importantly,
professional content creators and providers are
already preparing to offer imaginative and creative
contents for use with EMS. Based on
subscriptions, fees or ads, network operators will
be able to provide wide ranges of ring signals,
operator logos and corporate icons, as well as
personal and mood-related pictures and melodies.
Movie, music and game companies can promote
new products and events with designer melodies,
animations and pictures.