The document lists 86 countries where 197 GSM operators offer MMS services as of March 2004, including details on country, operator, network, system used, and launch date for select operators. It provides a high-level overview of the state of commercial MMS services among GSM operators globally at that point in time.
The document lists 86 countries where 197 GSM operators offer MMS services as of March 2004, including details on country, operator, network, system used, and launch date for select operators. It provides a high-level overview of the state of commercial MMS services among GSM operators globally at that point in time.
The document lists 86 countries where 197 GSM operators offer MMS services as of March 2004, including details on country, operator, network, system used, and launch date for select operators. It provides a high-level overview of the state of commercial MMS services among GSM operators globally at that point in time.
197 GSM operators in 86 countries offer MMS of 215 MMS operators globally (including all technologies).
Country Operator Network System Launch Date
1 Argentina CTI Holdings CTI Movil GSM-1900 Jan 2004 2 Aruba Digicel GSM-9/18/19 Jul 2003 3 Australia Optus Optus Mobile GSM-9/18 Feb 2004 4 Australia Hutchison Hutchison 3G W-CDMA Apr 2003 5 Australia Telstra MobileNet Digital GSM-9/18 Aug 2002 6 Australia Vodafone Vodafone GSM-9/18 Aug 2002 7 Austria T-Mobile Austria T-Mobile GSM-9/18 Jul 2002 8 Austria Mobilkom A1 - Mobilkom GSM-9/18 Jun 2002 9 Austria Hutchison 3G 3 W-CDMA May 2003 10 Austria Connect Austria ONE GSM-1800 Nov 2002 11 Austria tele.ring GSM-1800 Apr 2003 12 Bahrain MTC Vodafone Bahrain MTC Vodafone Bahrain GSM-9/18 Dec 2003 13 Bahrain Batelco MobilePlus GSM-9/18 Jun 2003 14 Barbados Digicel Barbados GSM-9/18 Feb 2004 15 Belgium Mobistar Mobistar GSM-9/18 Jan 2003 16 Belgium Belgacom Mobile Proximus GSM-9/18 Nov 2002 17 Bolivia Movil de Entel movil de Entel GSM-1900 Jan 2003 18 Brazil Sercomtel Celular SERCOMTEL GSM-1800 Dec 2003 19 Brazil Telemar PCS Oi GSM-1800 Nov 2002 20 Brazil TIM TIM GSM-1800 Nov 2002 21 Brazil Telecom Americas Claro GSM-1800 Nov-Dec 2003 22 Bulgaria MobilTel M-TEL GSM-900 Oct 2003 23 Bulgaria Cosmo Bulgaria Mobile GloBul GSM-9/18 Dec 2003 24 Cambodia CaSaCom Hello GSM GSM-900 Oct 2003 Cayman Cable & Wireless 25 GSM-1900 Oct 2003 Islands Cayman Islands Cayman 26 Digicel GSM-9/18 Mar 2004 Islands Entel PCS 27 Chile Entel PCS GSM-1900 Feb 2003 Telecomunicaciones CTC Comunicaciones 28 Chile Telefonica Movil GSM-1900 Apr 2003 Móviles 29 China China Mobile China Mobile GSM 9/18 Oct 2002 30 China China Unicom GSM 9/18 Oct 2002 31 Croatia VIPnet GSM-900 Jun 2002 32 Croatia HT Mobile Cronet GSM-900 May 2002 33 Cyprus CYTA CYTAGSM GSM-900 Dec 2003 34 Cyprus KKTCell KKTCell GSM-900 May 2003 35 Czech Republic Cesky Mobil Oskar GSM-9/18 Sep 2003 36 Czech Republic Eurotel Praha Eurotel GSM GSM-9/18 Aug 2002 37 Czech Republic T-Mobile T-Mobile GSM-9/18 Aug 2002 38 Denmark Orange Denmark Mobilix GSM-9/18 Dec 2002 39 Denmark Sonofon Sonofon GSM-9/18 Dec 2002 40 Denmark Telia Denmark GSM-9/18 Dec 2002 41 Denmark HI3G Denmark 3 W-CDMA Oct 2003 42 Denmark TDC Mobil TDK-GSM GSM-9/18 Nov 2002 Dominican 43 Orange Orange Dominicana Unknown Republic 44 Ecuador Conecel Porta GSM-800 Oct 2003 45 Egypt ECMS MobiNil GSM-900 Sep 2003 46 Egypt Vodafone Egypt Vodafone GSM-900 Apr 2003 3G Americas, LLC Source: EMC World Cellular Database, March 2004 GSM Operators with Commercial MMS (March 2004) 197 GSM operators in 86 countries offer MMS of 215 MMS operators globally (including all technologies).
Country Operator Network System Launch Date
47 Estonia EMT EMT-GSM GSM-9/18 Jun 2003 48 Estonia Tele2 Tele2 GSM-9/18 Nov 2003 49 Estonia Radiolinja GSM 256 GSM-9/18 Apr 2003 50 Finland Telia Finland Telia City GSM-1800 Dec 2002 51 Finland Radiolinja GSM-9/18 Sep 2002 52 Finland Sonera Sonera GSM GSM-9/18 Jun 2002 53 Finland Finnish 2G DNA Finland GSM-900 Nov 2002 54 Finland Alands Mobiltelefon GSM-900 Dec 2002 55 France Bouygues Telecom Bouygues GSM-9/18 Sep 2002 56 France SFR SFR GSM-9/18 Sep 2002 57 France Orange France Orange GSM-9/18 Oct 2002 58 Germany E-Plus E-Plus GSM-1800 Feb 2003 59 Germany T-Mobile D1 GSM-900 Jul 2002 60 Germany O2 E2 GSM-1800 Oct 2002 61 Germany Vodafone D2 D2 GSM-900 Apr 2002 62 Greece Cosmote Cosmote GSM-9/18 Sep 2002 63 Greece Panafon Vodafone GSM-9/18 Jul 2002 64 Greece STET Hellas TIM GSM-9/18 Aug 2002 Cable & Wireless 65 Grenada GSM-800 Jan 2004 Grenada 66 Hong Kong New World New World PCS GSM-1800 Jul 2002 67 Hong Kong Peoples Telephone Peoples Phone GSM-1800 Jul 2002 68 Hong Kong SmarTone Smartone GSM-9/18 Jul 2002 69 Hong Kong Hutchison Orange & Everday PCS GSM-9/18 Jun 2002 70 Hong Kong Hong Kong CSL One 2 Free GSM-9/18 Mar 2002 71 Hong Kong Sunday GSM-1800 Oct 2002 72 Hungary Vodafone VRAM GSM-9/18 Dec 2002 73 Hungary Pannon GSM-9/18 Oct 2002 74 Hungary Westel GSM-9/18 Apr 2002 75 Iceland Iceland Telecom Síminn GSM-9/18 Jan 2003 76 Iceland Og Vodafone Og Vodafone GSM-9/18 Nov 2003 77 India Bharti Cellular AirTel GSM 8/18/19 Feb 2003 78 India Bharti Mobile AirTel GSM-900 Feb 2003 79 India Hutchison Telecom Hutch GSM-900 Feb 2003 80 India Spice Telecom Spice GSM-900 Sep 2003 81 Indonesia Indosat Satelindo GSM-9/18 Aug 2003 82 Indonesia Excelcomindo Excelcom GSM-9/18 Sep 2003 83 Indonesia Telkomsel Telkomsel GSM GSM-9/18 Feb 2004 84 Ireland Meteor Meteor GSM-9/18 Oct 2003 85 Ireland O2 Digifone GSM-9/18 Nov 2002 86 Ireland Vodafone Ireland Eircell GSM-900 Oct 2002 87 Isle of Man Manx Telecom Pronto GSM GSM-900 Sep 2003 88 Israel Partner Comm. Orange GSM-900 Oct 2002 89 Israel Cellcom Israel GSM-1800 Apr 2003 90 Italy Wind GSM-1800 Jul 2002 91 Italy Vodafone Omnitel Omnitel GSM-9/18 Jun 2002 92 Italy H3G W-CDMA Mar 2003 93 Italy TIM TIM GSM-9/18 Apr 2002 94 Jamaica Mossel Digicel GSM-9/18 Jul 2003 MobileCom Cellular 95 Jordan MobileCom GSM-900 Sep 2002 Telephone Company 3G Americas, LLC Source: EMC World Cellular Database, March 2004 GSM Operators with Commercial MMS (March 2004) 197 GSM operators in 86 countries offer MMS of 215 MMS operators globally (including all technologies).
Country Operator Network System Launch Date
96 Jordan JMTS Fastlink GSM-900 Aug 2002 97 Kazakhstan GSM Kazakhstan KCell GSM-900 Sep 2003 98 Kuwait MTC MTC-Net GSM-9/18 Dec 2002 99 Kuwait Wataniya Telecom KSC GSM-9/18 Jul 2003 100 Latvia LMT LMT-GSM GSM-9/18 Apr 2003 101 Lebanon FTML Cellis GSM-900 Feb 2004 102 Lebanon LibanCell Libancell GSM-900 Jan 2004 103 Liechtenstein Mobilkom FL1 GSM-1800 Dec 2002 104 Lithuania Omnitel Omnitel GSM GSM-9/18 Sep 2002 105 Lithuania Bité Bité GSM-9/18 Oct 2002 106 Luxembourg P&T Luxembourg LUXGSM GSM-9/18 Dec 2002 107 Luxembourg Tele2 TANGO GSM-9/18 Jul 2002 108 Macau CTM Telemovel+ GSM-9/18 Sep 2002 109 Macedonia Mobimak Mobimak GSM-900 Jul 2003 110 Malaysia Celcom Celcom019 GSM-900 Aug 2003 111 Malaysia DiGi DiGi GSM-1800 Aug 2003 112 Malaysia Maxis Communications Maxis Mobile GSM-9/18 Jul 2003 113 Malta MobIsle Communications go mobile GSM-1800 Jul 2003 114 Mauritius Emtel Emtel GSM-9/18 Mar 2004 115 Mexico Radiomóvil Dipsa Telcel GSM-1900 May 2003 116 Monaco Monaco Telecom GSM-900 Oct 2002 117 Montenegro Monet Monet GSM-900 May 2003 118 Morocco Ittissalat Al-Maghrib Maroc Telecom GSM-900 May 2003 119 Netherlands KPN Mobile ATF-4 GSM-900 Jul 2003 120 Netherlands Vodafone Libertel Vodafone GSM-9/18 Nov 2002 121 Netherlands Orange GSM-1800 Nov 2003 122 Netherlands Telfort O2 GSM-1800 Oct 2002 123 Netherlands T-Mobile Netherlands GSM-1800 Oct 2002 124 New Zealand Vodafone New Zealand (formerly BellSouth) GSM-9/18 Jun 2002 125 Nigeria Globalcom Glo Mobile GSM-9/18 Dec 2003 126 Norway Netcom NetCom GSM-9/18 Jan 2003 127 Norway Telenor Mobil Telenor Mobil GSM-9/18 Mar 2002 128 Oman Omantel Omantel GSM-900 Apr 2004 129 Pakistan PTML Ufone GSM-900 Feb 2003 130 Peru TIM Peru TIM Peru GSM-1900 Jul 2003 131 Philippines Smart Communications Smart Gold/Buddy GSM-9/18 Sep 2002 132 Philippines Globe Telecom Handyphone GSM-9/18 Jul 2002 133 Philippines Digitel Sun Cellular GSM-1800 May 2003 134 Poland Polkomtel Plus GSM GSM-9/18 Jun 2002 135 Poland Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa Era GSM GSM-9/18 Jun 2002 136 Poland Centertel Idea GSM-9/18 Mar 2003 137 Portugal Optimus Optimus GSM-9/18 May 2002 138 Portugal TMN Telemovel GSM-9/18 May 2002 139 Portugal Vodafone Telecel Telecel GSM-9/18 May 2002 140 Romania Orange Romania Orange GSM-900 Nov 2002 141 Romania MobiFon Connex GSM GSM-900 Nov 2003 142 Russia Sonic Duo / NW GSM MegaFon GSM-9/18 Jan 2003 143 Russia Mobile TeleSystems MTS GSM-9/18 May 2003 144 Russia VimpelCom-R Bee Line GSM GSM-9/18 Dec 2003
3G Americas, LLC Source: EMC World Cellular Database, March 2004
GSM Operators with Commercial MMS (March 2004) 197 GSM operators in 86 countries offer MMS of 215 MMS operators globally (including all technologies).
Country Operator Network System Launch Date
145 Serbia Telekom Srbija YUG 03 GSM-900 Oct 2003 146 Serbia Mobtel Mobtel 063 GSM-900 Sep 2003 147 Singapore Singapore Telecom SingTel Mobile GSM-9/18 Sep 2002 148 Singapore StarHub GSM-1800 Oct 2002 149 Singapore MobileOne M1 GSM GSM-9/18 Aug 2002 150 Slovak Rep. Orange Globtel GSM-9/18 Feb 2003 151 Slovak Rep. EuroTel Bratislava Eurotel GSM GSM-9/18 Oct 2002 152 Slovenia Mobitel GSM-9/18 Jun 2002 153 Slovenia Si.mobil GSM-9/18 Aug 2002 154 South Africa MTN MTN GSM-900 May 2003 155 South Africa Vodacom Vodacom GSM-900 Oct 2002 GSM-9/18, 156 Spain Vodafone España Airtel Oct 2002 WCDMA 157 Spain Telefónica Móviles MoviStar GSM-9/18 Sep 2002 158 Spain Amena Amena GSM-1800 Jul 2002 159 Sri Lanka Mobitel GSM-1800 Jan 2004 160 Sri Lanka MTN Networks Dialog GSM-9/18 May 2003 161 St Lucia Digicel Digicel GSM-9/18/19 Oct 2003 162 St Lucia Cable & Wireless GSM-800 Dec 2003 St Vincent & 163 Digicel GSM-9/18/19 Oct 2003 The Grenadines 164 Sweden Telia Mobitel Telia Mobitel GSM GSM-9/18 Dec 2002 165 Sweden Vodafone Sweden Europolitan GSM-9/18 Oct 2002 166 Sweden Spring Mobil GSM-900 Feb 2004 167 Sweden HI3G W-CDMA May 2003 168 Sweden Tele2 Comviq GSM GSM-9/18 Nov 2002 169 Switzerland Orange Orange GSM-1800 Oct 2002 170 Switzerland TDC Switzerland sunrise GSM-9/18 Jul 2002 171 Switzerland Swisscom Mobile Natel GSM-9/18 Jun 2002 172 Taiwan FarEasTone Nationwide GSM-9/18 Dec 2002 173 Taiwan KG Telecom Nationwide GSM-1800 Feb 2003 174 Taiwan Taiwan Cellular Corp. Nationwide GSM-1800 Jul 2003 175 Taiwan Chunghwa Telecom Nationwide GSM-9/18 Aug 2002 176 Taiwan Mobitai Central GSM-900 Feb 2003 177 Thailand TAC WorldPhone 1800 GSM-1800 Feb 2003 178 Thailand AIS AIS-GSM GSM-900 Aug 2002 179 Turkey IS TIM Aria GSM-1800 Feb 2003 180 Turkey Telsim GSM-900 Jul 2002 181 Turkey Turkcell GSM-900 Jul 2002 182 UAE Etisalat EG 2 GSM-900 Jul 2003 183 UK Vodafone Vodafone GSM-9/18 Oct 2002 184 UK Hutchison 3G 3 W-CDMA Mar 2003 185 UK T-Mobile One 2 One GSM-1800 May 2002 186 UK O2 BT Cellnet GSM-9/18 Nov 2002 187 UK Orange Orange GSM-1800 Aug 2002 Ukrainian Mobile 188 Ukraine UMC GSM-9/18 Feb 2003 Communications 189 USA Dobson Communications GSM-8/19 Aug 2003
3G Americas, LLC Source: EMC World Cellular Database, March 2004
GSM Operators with Commercial MMS (March 2004) 197 GSM operators in 86 countries offer MMS of 215 MMS operators globally (including all technologies).
Country Operator Network System Launch Date
190 USA Cingular Wireless GSM-8/19 Oct 2003 191 USA Edge Wireless AT&T Wireless GSM-1900 Dec 2003 192 USA Western Wireless GSM-8/19 Dec 2003 193 USA AT&T Wireless Group GSM-8/19 Feb 2003 194 USA T-Mobile USA GSM-1900 Nov 2002 195 Venezuela Digitel Digitel GSM-900 Nov 2002 196 Vietnam MobiFone MobiFone GSM-900 Sep 2003 197 Vietnam VinaPhone VinaPhone GSM-900 Sep 2003
3G Americas, LLC Source: EMC World Cellular Database, March 2004
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