3GPP TSG-T2 SWG3 MMS ad hoc
Tel Aviv, Israel
11th-13th April, 2000	T2M00045 	

Liaison Statement

From:	3GPP TSG-T2 SWG3 (MMS Activity)

To:	WAP Forum – Specification Committee

Cc:	WAP Forum – Liaison Officer

Subject:	WAP Forum Documents on MMS

Contact:	Tim Ambrose
	Motorola
	+44 1256 790377
	Tim.Ambrose@motorola.com

Attachments:	none

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The 3GPP would like to recognise the WAP Forum for its efforts in producing documents in support of the Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS).  This service is viewed as important for wireless networks for both WAP and 3GPP systems as is evidenced by the previous exchange of liaison statements on this subject.

To ensure that systems that are developed for WAP and 3GPP systems operate in consistent and interoperable ways, it is requested that the WAP Forum affirm that MMS related documents, in particular the WAP MMS Message Encapsulation document and any of its successors, be available for any MMS system that may be developed.  This affirmation will permit all possible 3GPP networks, which include WAP and non-WAP environment systems, to utilise common network elements that provides the application services documented in these WAP documents.

It is important that a common base of documents is available for such a system definition.  The unfortunate alternative would be to have separate documentation efforts that could lead to divergent system definitions resulting in differing implementations.  This is not desired and efforts have been taken, both via liaison and by common member participants, to work for a common MMS system definition.  It is expected that such efforts will continue to ensure that those documents, maintained by the WAP Forum, will reflect the evolving needs and requirements for MMS systems.