Cingular Wireless and AT&T Wireless have announced that the two carriers have agreed to support each other's Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) messages. Starting today, customers on either network can send MMS messages to customers on the other network transparently. That includes text, photos, animations, audio clips, and video clips. Both companies cite cross-carrier text messaging as a major reason for the explosive growth in text messaging over the past two years, and they view cross-carrier MMS as an essential element for widespread adoption of this service as well.
Of course, the move comes as Cingular is in the process of gaining approval for a buy out of AT&T Wireless from the US FCC. If approved, the two companies would become the same carrier anyway.
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