Wireless Messaging Demystified: SMS, EMS, Mms, Im, and Others

Wireless Messaging is 'instant messaging' anywhere you go. It is for cell phones, PDAs and, pagers and great for corporate and individual users alike. It is less expensive than phone calls and is a worldwide success story! This book helps you understand why wireless messaging is the next communications phenomenon. A booming worldwide craze - with more than 850 million messages exchanged during one month in the U.K. alone - wireless messaging, like SMS, EMS, and MMS, is now ready to conquer the U.S. market. This guide for telecom professionals tells you what you want to know about wireless messaging without getting mired in technical details. From mobile e-commerce applications, technical and architectural components, and the standards that have made SMS a success abroad, "Wireless Messaging Demystified" provides the vital details you want.You must read this book if: you want the hows, whys, and wherefores of i-mode's conquest of Japan and SMS' triumph around the globe; you need to know how SMS fits with IM and other emerging wireless messaging technologies; you want to discover profitable mobile e-commerce applications from automatic meter reading to getting a soda from a vending machine; you desire details on development, implementation, and rollout of EMS and MMS for the general population and the enterprise; you require answers on privacy, and how 3G will impact wireless messaging; and, you can't get enough information on the newest trends transforming wireless communications. The easiest way to investigate why wireless messaging is one of the biggest communications successes ever, "Wireless Messaging Demystified" is the only guide you need to fully understand everything about instant messaging, mobile commerce, and wireless location-based services.