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| Keith Norris Moderator Username: Admin Post Number: 25 Registered: 05-2003 |
Dear Now SMS/MMS Gateway Customer, Now Wireless is planning to release a major product upgrade to the Now SMS/MMS Gateway product, on February 24, 2006. This product will be known as Now SMS/MMS 2006, and in conjunction with this new release, Now Wireless will be enforcing its previously stated Upgrades and Enhancements policy: "Now SMS/MMS pricing reflects a one-time software license charge that currently includes both free software updates and free electronic support via our discussion board for the first year, with on-line technical documentation as an additional resource." Now SMS/MMS 2006, and all future upgrade releases of the product will require that you comply with one of the following:
To enforce this policy, we have changed the product license keys, therefore all existing customers who wish to upgrade to Now SMS/MMS 2006 will need to contact us prior to doing so, even if they have purchased the product within the last calendar year, or have a current Upgrades and Enhancements Contract in place. As you should be aware, Now Wireless publishes frequent updates to the Now SMS/MMS Gateway product, as new technologies become available. As new updates are released for Now SMS/MMS 2006, during the calendar year 2006, you will need to meet one of the above listed requirements to be able to install new updates. In the near future, we will be contacting you with a reminder informing you of the renewal date for your Upgrades and Enhancement Contract. Major new features of Now SMS/MMS 2006 include: A more robust SMPP implementation - The SMPP client has been enhanced to support asynchronous SMPP, allowing for faster message throughput over an SMPP connection. Additional controls have been added to support SMPP delivery receipt tracking, which is useful for people who need to track message delivery, or who support multiple customers connecting to their NowSMS server via SMPP. Priority Message Queue Handling - Messages from different customers can be processed in separate queues, preventing a large batch of messages from one customer from blocking message delivery from other customers. Full Support for OMA DRM (Digital Rights Management) v1.0 - NowSMS 2006 will support all three OMA DRM 1.0 options: forward-lock, combined delivery and separate delivery. The new DRMCOMP command line utility is expected to be one of the most popular new product features. EMS Support - NowSMS 2006 will make it simple to create EMS messages using formatted text with pre-defined images and animations. There will also be built-in support for EMS and Nokia Smart Messaging ringtones and images. MMS 1.2 Support - The NowSMS MMSC has been updated to support MMS 1.0, 1.1 and 1.2. (Updates to support MMS 1.3 are expected to be released during 2006, following final release of the specifications by the OMA.) Enhanced OTA Support - Template driven support has been added for generating OTA settings for additional applications such as SyncML and Wireless Village/IMPS, and the overall OTA settings generation has been enhanced to address more quirks in different handset implementations. System Alerts - E-mail alerts can be enabled to notify system administrators of any SMSC connectivity issues or message delivery problems. Alerts can also be triggered if the outbound message queue exceeds a predefined threshold. E-mail to SMS and MMS Enhancements - Various significant improvements have been implemented to simplify the process of deploying NowSMS as a bidirectional e-mail to SMS or MMS solution. If you are no longer the contact for NowSMS, please forward this e-mail to the correct person in your organisation. Kind Regards, Keith Norris & Lisa Smith Product Managers P.S. - If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us: Keith Norris keith@nowwireless.com +44.208.286.8080 Lisa Smith lisa@nowwireless.com +1.410.833.8711 | |||
| Keith Norris Moderator Username: Admin Post Number: 26 Registered: 05-2003 |
Unfortunately, we've had to delay the release of NowSMS 2006 until February 24, 2006. I've updated the above posting to reflect this delay. Although development schedules can often be unpredictable, we do not anticipate any further slippage in this schedule, and apologise for any inconvenience. | |||
