UPDATE
I uploaded two recent pictures I had already blogged but not yet deleted on my phone. If you like them, you can vote for them by sending an SMS.

Send MMSD 01390 per SMS to 44544
or send MMSD 01393 per SMS to 44544!

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A marvelous marketing idea to drive MMS and SMS traffic. It's obvious though that this is only possible, because the three institutions are partly or fully state-run. I cannot imagine that the Post would or could offer this together with either Orange or Sunrise.

The first MMS stamps of the world

Die Schweizerische Post, Swisscom Mobile und das Museum für Kommunikation präsentieren: Die ersten MMS-Briefmarken der Welt! Machen Sie mit beim grossen MMS-Briefmarken-Wettbewerb "Swiss mobil - Ein Land unterwegs". Die besten vier Motive werden als echte Sonderbriefmarken produziert und es winken zahlreiche weitere tolle Preise. Wählen Sie den Hauptgewinner per SMS

Send your MMS to de@mms-stamp.ch. You can than vote for the best picture MMS by SMS. The best four MMS will become real postage stamps. So far the selection is rather meager, so please join.


See also:
The first MMS stamps in the world (Swisscom Newsletter).
Btw, they have RSS too now.
and
Tomorrow, February 15, 2005 the digital stamp "WebStamp" will be released by the Post.

Programming Converged Networks: Call Control in Java, XML, and Parlay/OSA . From the introduction.

Telecommunications networks are being radically transformed in many ways. One of the most important transformations is from being closed systems that are owned, operated, and programmed by a few companies, to being open systems that allow, in principle, anyone to develop new programs and offer new services to users.
This transformation represents a major development in the evolution of networks. If fully or even substantially completed, it will be a key to realizing the tremendous potential of telecommunications and the Internet today. This ongoing transformation is the context and motivation for this book.

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Finally, this book is about APIs for converged networks. Converged networks consist of—and can take advantage of—multiple underlying technologies, such as packet networks (like the Internet), circuit-switched networks (like the telephone network), and wireless networks. The promise of converged networks lies not in their ability to interconnect different networking technologies per se, but that with the help of open, standard APIs, they can provide a wide range of connectivity options and innovative and advanced services to end users.

Via Ericsson