DUBLIN, IRELAND -- 07/31/07 --
The SMS Forum, a non-profit organization
with a mission to develop, foster and promote SMS (short message service)
to the benefit of the global wireless industry will disband by July 27,
2007, and take down its web site by the end of 2007.
Originally founded as the "Short Message Peer to Peer FORUM," the
organization changed its name to the "SMS FORUM" to involve all sides of
the mobile telecommunications industry in 2001. The SMS Forum fostered and
promoted SMS for the benefit of the global wireless industry, facilitated
easy development of SMS applications and services and provided access to
the SMPP protocol specifications.
The SMS Forum served as a useful tool for the industry through its
workshops and its liaise with other industry and standards organizations.
Since its inception, the SMS Forum provided operators, solutions providers
and developers with an important platform to exchange ideas and present
solutions to the challenges that the industry faced. This process has been
very effective, and the maturity of SMS means that the need for further
promotion of the standards is now no longer necessary.
Members in good standing are encouraged to login to the web site
(http://www.smsforum.net), and download valuable tools such as the SMPP v5
protocol specification, the Mobile Message Application (MMAP) protocol
specification and the SMPP client test tool, prior to the removal of the
web address.
NOTES TO EDITORS
The SMS Forum was established to foster and promote SMS to the benefit of
the Wireless Industry, and to manage/enhance SMPP with the intent of
providing a robust worldwide standard.
The Short Message Peer to Peer (SMPP) protocol is an open, industry
standard messaging protocol designed to simplify integration of data
applications with wireless mobile networks such as GSM, TDMA, CDMA and PDC.
The protocol is widely deployed in the mobile telecommunications industry.
Contact press@smsforum.net for additional information.
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