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Standards,
SMS, Mobile, Telephony, Global: The SMS Forum has just announced it is to disband. The
Forum believes it has successfully achieved its objective of introducing
universal standards for SMS, and so further work from the Forum is no longer
required.
The SMS Forum, the mobile industry group that fosters and
promotes SMS for the benefit of the global wireless industry, has announced
that having successfully achieved its objective of introducing universal
standards for SMS, further work from the group is no longer required. The
announcement comes as SMS volumes continue to exceed expectations and while the
industry prepares to take mobile messaging in a broader direction, preparing
for instant messaging interoperability and widespread IP Multimedia Subsystem
(IMS) uptake.
The members decided to end SMS Forum activity because of
the universal adoption of standardised protocols. With these protocols now
firmly established within the industry, vendors, including LogicaCMG, which
chairs the group, are now producing innovative SMS services without the risk of
divergent standards or the need for Forum intervention. Industry attention has
now moved towards enriching messaging with multimedia and presence, which is
shifting the emphasis to for a with a wider remit than SMS in isolation, e.g.,
the Open Mobile Alliance (OMA) and Third Generation Partnership Project (3GPP).
LogicaCMG, the company responsible for the original short
message peer-to-peer protocol (SMPP) definition, will remain the guardian of
the protocol, as well as continuing its active role in messaging innovation for
SMS, MMS and IP platforms. Established in 1997, the SMS Forum has contributed
greatly to the global success of SMS, particularly in driving the evolution of
the SMPP Specification, which has become the de facto industry standard for
SMS. It also addressed global SMS interoperability issues and pioneered XML
messaging access protocols for mobile content and gaming.
Organisations from across the globe have participated in
the SMS Forum including LogicaCMG, Redknee, Syniverse Technologies, Anam and
leading global network operators.
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Date: 31st Aug - 3rd Sep 2009