August 28, 2003

MMS use explodes in Norway

According to Per Helmersen, Senior Research Psychologist at Telenor, Norway's two MMS service providers, MMS use has exploded in Norway this Summer - 160,000 messages in May, 550,000 in June and 1.35 million in July - making Norway the leading MMS nation in Europe. Norway has a population of 4.4 mill. and a mobile penetration of 84% (ITU, 2002).

Telenor and NetCom, have extended the free MMS trial period for their customers through October (started in June).