General Wireless has signed a contract with 3, to deliver its eMMS solution for integrating PC-based e-mail with mobile text and multimedia messaging. 3 now becomes the world’s first mobile operator to offer PC users easy access to multimedia messaging, using text, voice, images and video to communicate with mobile phone users.

In cooperation with General Wireless, the mobile operator 3 today launched the 3PC Message service, enabling mobile multimedia messaging through the Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Outlook Express e-mail clients. The service is also available using a standalone Windows client software. The software can be downloaded from the 3 website at no cost - users are only charged for sending SMS and MMS messages.

"We anticipate rapid growth for messaging services that integrate PC and mobile users through SMS and MMS, both for professional and consumer customers," said Andreas Theorell, product manager with 3. "General Wireless has made a pioneering effort in the PC messaging market, and together we look forward to further develop this service in our markets."