Mobily inks MMS agreement with VIVA, AXIS

www.WirelessFederation.com/news: The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia’s Etihad Etisalat (Mobily) announced it had signed a multimedia messaging service (MMS) interconnect agreement with Kuwaiti-based VIVA, a Saudi Telecom subsidiary, whereby both operators’ subscribers can exchange MMS messages.
Subscribers of VIVA and Mobily can now send each other video clips, audio files, pictures anything that can be attached to an MMS message up to a size of 400 kilobytes per MMS.

Similarly, Mobily also signed similar MMS interconnect agreements with AXIS, another STC subsidiary, in Indonesia that only allows Mobily subscribers roaming on AXIS to send MMS messages to their friends and family in the Kingdom provided they are also Mobily subscribers.
The two agreements come as part of Mobily’s plans to facilitate and provide customers with all services that enable them to stay connected with family and friends.

Ironically, subscribers of Mobily and Saudi Telecom, the mother company of VIVA and AXIS, cannot exchange MMS messages despite the technical readiness of Mobily, announced by the company earlier.
Mobily it has MMS interconnect agreements with around 121 operators in 59 countries all over the world to enable its subscribers to use MMS, while roaming, or send MMS to other people living in the said countries.