2. What does MMS stand for?
• MMS is an abbreviation of multimedia
messaging service. This is most
commonly used with mobile phones to
send a picture/song/video to
someone else.
• It has extended the core SMS (short
message service) which is the
standard messaging service for up to
160 characters of text.
3. What can be in a MMS?
• Formats that can be used in MMS are:
• Text, which can be formatted with colours
fonts etc.
• Images, in a JPEG or GIF file.
• Audio, in MP3 or MIDI files.
• Video, in an MPEG form.
• MMS messages can also be sent to email
addresses.
• MMS also has no size limit, however for larger
MMS messages, a 3G (3rd generation) phone
is required.
4. What are it’s uses?
• In private use, MMS is often used to send
pictures via mobile phone to friends and
family etc.
• MMS in public use is uncommon although can
be used for advertising, by sending an image
out to a quantity of mobile numbers, and can
also be used to send resources to students
etc.
• MMS can be used in companies/businesses
for example, companies can send MMS
messages to subscribers, enquirers or
customers.
