U.S. cell phone firms allow cross-carrier photo swaps

At last! U.S. cell phone carriers are finally letting their subscribers swap photo mails and other mixed-media messages with other carriers' customers, reports The New York Times.

"The first two operators to allow cross-carrier photo-mail swapping are No. 1 cell phone company Cingular Wireless and No. 2 operator Verizon Wireless.

In the four years since Sprint introduced the first camera phones in the United States and other top carriers introduced copycat services, cell phone operators have limited photo mail swaps to transactions between their own subscribers. But now those barriers are dropping, erasing a major hurdle and, some executive believe, starting a surge in cell phone photo mailing and other use".

emily | 8:29 AM | News, Buzz |
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