CONCLUSION
SMS owes its success to applications that provide much convenience to users. The ease of communication appeals especially to teenage group users, who form an important segment of the market. It provides a quick and efficient way for people to keep in touch, not only with friends and family but also with coworkers who are geographically dispersed. It has proven to be a practical means of communication when one needs to reach a large group of people quickly and efficiently . Service providers have also come up with innovative applications, such as online banking transaction, that bring daily businesses to the users, thus, eliminating the need to be physically present at the bank in order to conduct a transaction. This type of service is convenient to users as it eliminates the hassle of queuing and is timesaving.
The introduction of MMS promises to bring many new and exciting applications to users. New applications may range from interactive video games between two or more users to viewing your favourite video clip to an online conference with colleagues. Obviously, a number of issues need to be addressed before MMS applications can be delivered to users, especially when bandwidthhungry applications are involved. None of these hurdles are impossible to address, given time and technology advancement.
List of Acronyms
| BSS | ‚ ‚ | base station system |
| BTS | ‚ ‚ | base transceiver station |
| EMS | ‚ ‚ | enhanced messaging service |
| ETSI | ‚ ‚ | European Telecommunication Standard Institute |
| GMSC | ‚ ‚ | gateway MSC for short message service |
| GSM | ‚ ‚ | global system for mobile communication |
| HLR | ‚ ‚ | home location register |
| IWMSC | ‚ ‚ | short message service interworking mobile switching center |
| MMS | ‚ ‚ | multimedia messaging service |
| MO-SM | ‚ ‚ | mobile originated short message |
| MS | ‚ ‚ | mobile station |
| MSC | ‚ ‚ | mobile switching center |
| MT-SM | ‚ ‚ | mobile terminated short message |
| PLMN | ‚ ‚ | public land mobile network |
| SC | ‚ ‚ | service center |
| SME | ‚ ‚ | short message entity |
| SMS GMSC | ‚ ‚ | short message service gateway MSC |
| SMSC | ‚ ‚ | short message service center |
| VLR | ‚ ‚ | visitor location register |
