MMS Insights | Sumble

What is MMS?

MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) is a standard way to send messages that include multimedia content to and from mobile phones over a cellular network. It allows users to send messages containing pictures, audio, video, and rich text. MMS is an extension of SMS (Short Message Service).

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What other technologies are related to MMS?

MMS Competitor Technologies

SMS

SMS (Short Message Service) is a direct competitor to MMS as both are used for sending text-based messages. MMS allows for richer content like images and videos, while SMS is limited to text.

mentioned alongside MMS in 4% (542) of relevant job posts

RCS

RCS (Rich Communication Services) is an evolution of SMS/MMS aiming to provide a richer messaging experience similar to iMessage or WhatsApp. Therefore it competes with MMS.

mentioned alongside MMS in 9% (138) of relevant job posts

MMS Complementary Technologies

SMPP

SMPP (Short Message Peer-to-Peer protocol) is often used as a protocol for sending and receiving SMS/MMS messages. Thus, SMPP could be used in MMS infrastructure.

mentioned alongside MMS in 7% (64) of relevant job posts

LTE

LTE (Long-Term Evolution) is a 4G wireless communications standard which provides the data bandwidth required for MMS functionality. Therefore, it's a complementary technology.

mentioned alongside MMS in 0% (79) of relevant job posts

4G

4G is a generation of mobile network technology (including LTE) that provides bandwidth for MMS.

mentioned alongside MMS in 0% (63) of relevant job posts