Convenient “Velcom” service. To the global network without problems! Procedure for providing MMS service How to send MMS from Android
The first cellular operator of the GSM standard in Belarus, JV Mobile Digital Communications LLC (VELCOM trademark), announces the end of the VELCOM MMS testing period and the start of commercial operation of the service.
“The results of testing the service fully met our expectations. We are satisfied with the technical performance of VELCOM MMS and the activity of our subscribers during the test operation of the new service. In just a month, mobile communications have turned into a bright and impressive way of communication, conveying mood and any emotions. VELCOM MMS appeared at the peak of demand high technology in Belarus, when people began to happily use mobile communications innovations in business and everyday life. When determining the cost of the service, we took into account all significant factors, offering the optimal combination of price and quality. We are confident that VELCOM subscribers will actively use this modern service", said the acting general director JV LLC "MCS" Nikolay Yushkevich.
From June 11, the VELCOM MMS service will be provided according to the tariffs approved by the company. The service has no connection fees or subscription fees. All incoming MMS messages are free, the cost of one sent MMS message within the network or to an address Email(regardless of its territorial affiliation) is 600 rubles excluding taxes. The fact of sending an MMS message is charged.
MMS messages are exchanged using GPRS technology, and activation of the GPRS service is not required. GPRS traffic passing through the mms.velcom.by access point is not charged.
Currently, MMS messages can be sent from one mobile phone to another in VELCOM networks, and also send to email addresses. In the future, it will be possible to exchange MMS messages with subscribers of other operators that support this service, and with service numbers of content providers.
The maximum permissible size of an MMS message is 100 kilobytes. The type of formats and size of messages sent are determined by the functionality of the sender's and recipient's phone models.
The VELCOM MMS service is available to all company subscribers, individuals and legal entities, connected on the basis of an agreement for the provision of GSM telecommunication services and who have mobile phones with MMS and GPRS support. You must activate the service via an SMS message with the text MMS ON to number 411 and then follow the VELCOM service SMS messages received in response, one of which will offer settings for the phone. An SMS request to connect or deactivate the VELCOM MMS service is charged according to tariff plan, selected by the subscriber.
Subscribers who had the VELCOM MMS service activated at the end of the test operation do not need to re-activate the service. With the start of commercial operation, all outgoing MMS messages will be charged according to the approved rates.
In the period from May 2 to June 10, the VELCOM MMS service was available in test mode, which allowed the company's subscribers to get acquainted for free with fundamentally new mobile communication capabilities - the exchange of multimedia messages containing photos, music, video and voice files, graphics and much more.
VELCOM is the first domestic GSM network of the 2.5G generation, in which GPRS and MMS services are available. The operator firmly occupies the position of technological leader in the Belarusian cellular communications market.
More information about VELCOM service MMS can be obtained on the website www.velcom.by, at VELCOM branded sales and service centers or by calling the call center - 411.
Information about the company. JV LLC "MCS", representing on the market trademark VELCOM is the first GSM cellular operator (GSM 900/1800 standard) in Belarus. The company's communication services are used by more than 1 million 450 thousand people. The VELCOM network covers the territory where over 98% of the country's urban population lives. VELCOM communication works in all regional centers republics, as well as in cities with a population of more than 4 thousand people.
VELCOM has an extensive national network of branded sales and service centers, which today includes 25 offices located in Minsk, Brest, Vitebsk, Gomel, Grodno, Mogilev, Bobruisk, Baranovichi, Zhodino, Molodechno, Pinsk, Lida and Soligorsk. In addition to the company’s branded centers, you can connect to the VELCOM network at 491 dealer points of sale in 136 cities of Belarus. At our service VELCOM subscribers- 9 ways to pay bills: through the company’s branded sales and service centers, at post offices, banks, as well as using ATMs, Express Payment cards, Berlio electronic cards, Mobile Banking services, SMS Banking and EasyPay . VELCOM has the widest payment acceptance network, including more than 4,500 payment points throughout the country.
VELCOM subscribers have the opportunity to use the international roaming service in 98 countries of the world in the networks of 222 operators - this is the largest number of roaming partners compared to other Belarusian cellular operators.
VELCOM is the only cellular operator in Belarus, providing cellular services at all stations of the Minsk metro.
Many modern providers are developing special services to simplify manipulation of their service packages. Such is the Belarusian company Velcom, whose developers came up with the Network Settings Wizard. Now every client of the company can use this convenient and extremely simple tool.
Setting up the Internet from Velcom does not look easy, but it is very simple. For example, if you have an Android phone, you can use one of the following methods:
After completing these steps, it is better to turn off the device and turn it on again. This is what the setup looks like Internet Velcom to a first approximation.
Some important nuances
How to set up the Internet after changing the SIM card? In the same way, only everything needs to be checked visually. Make sure that the settings are exactly what you need. In some cases, it makes sense to play it safe and clear all the profiles on your phone.
Sometimes the firmware of the device can negatively affect the operation of the listed services. Then call 411 and the company’s specialists will help you.
The connected phone may refuse to work with Java. In this case, go to the “Configuration” menu => “Personal configuration settings” and create an access point with the parameters from the contract. That’s probably all - now you know how to connect internet from Velcom.
In the vast majority of cases, when installing a new SIM card, the smartphone automatically receives MMS and mobile Internet settings. But sometimes failures may occur, resulting in the user having to manually set the necessary parameters. In this article we will tell you how to set up MMS on Android.
To open MMS settings, you must perform the following steps:
Step 1. Launch the application Settings and select the section " SIM cards and mobile networks».
Step 2. Select SIM card, for which you need to configure MMC.
Step 3. Click the button Access points».
Step 4. Select an access point for MMS and in the next window, set the parameters necessary for correctly receiving and sending multimedia messages.
MMS hotspot settings vary among different mobile operators. To save your time, we have collected links to the appropriate MMS settings for gadgets running Android from the largest providers in Russia and neighboring countries:
How to send MMS from Android
Previously (on), to send an MMS, you had to select the appropriate option in the messages menu. In modern smartphones, everything is much simpler: you just need to attach, for example, a photo to a text message so that it is automatically converted into a multimedia message. This also works in the opposite direction - by removing all multimedia files from the created MMS, you will turn it into an SMS message.
Conclusion
Setting up MMS on Android is very simple - just use this guide - and in a couple of minutes you will be able to send and receive multimedia messages on your smartphone.
1. MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service)- a service based on GPRS/EDGE/UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+ technology for exchanging multimedia messages up to 300 KB. The volume may be limited by the capabilities of the telephone. When exchanging MMS, Internet traffic is consumed, which is not charged in the A1 network.
2. Sending MMS is possible to:
- mobile devices of subscribers (information about the availability of an agreement for MMS exchange is posted on www.A1.by). The MMS recipient number must be indicated in international format (for example, + 375 NN XXXXXXX, where 375 is the country code, NN is the network code, ХХХХХХХ is the phone number);
- email;
- short numbers for additional services provided in the company’s network.
4. The subscriber can activate/deactivate the MMS service independently using:
- USSD *135*2# call (for A1 subscribers);
- USSD *126*1*2# call (for PRIVET subscribers);
- Personal account;
- ACCA, number 150.
6. The subscriber can independently obtain MMS settings using:
- USSD *135*0# call (for A1 subscribers);
- USSD *126*0# call (for PRIVET subscribers);
- Personal account;
- ACCA, at number 150;
- SMS to number 512 with the keyword mms.
8. Company clients – legal entities if necessary, they may prohibit subscribers from independently connecting to the MMS service upon written application or through their Personal Account; (access level - Administrator).
9. MMS included in the subscription fee/cost of tariff plan/service are provided in accordance with the Traffic Provision Procedure.
10. You can simultaneously send one MMS to no more than 10 recipients. In this case, MMS sent to each recipient is charged as a separate MMS.
11. MMS is not delivered, and the fact of sending is charged for the sender, if:
- sending is made to an incorrect mobile subscriber number or to a non-existent/incorrect email;
- The MMS recipient does not have this service activated. In this case, the recipient will receive an SMS notification that an MMS has been sent to him indicating the sender’s phone number;
- the MMS recipient is disconnected from the company’s communication network (outgoing or incoming communication) or has suspended the use of communication services by activating the “Pause” service;
- at the time of sending the MMS to email, the recipient's mail server was faulty or did not process incoming emails correctly.
13. The storage period for undelivered MMS on the A1 network is no more than 24 hours, after which the MMS are automatically deleted.
14. If the subscriber has two services - MMS and " Mobile Internet", as well as when a subscriber uses a mobile phone that cannot differentially use two access points defined by the company for each of the services in order to ensure their correct provision and pricing, the subscriber is obliged to independently monitor the settings applied by his mobile phone, in order to avoid unexpected financial expenses.
15. The type and number of files of various formats within one MMS may vary depending on functionality telephone sets of the sender and recipient. If one or more MMS content elements were incorrectly detected by the subscriber's telephone, but the message was sent and accepted for processing by the MMS center, then the MMS will be charged.
16. If a subscriber with an activated MMS service changed his subscriber number or was disconnected from outgoing and/or incoming communications due to debt or used the “Pause” service, then for further successful use of the MMS service the subscriber must turn off and turn on the telephone.
17. The MMS service is provided in accordance with the tariffs approved by the company.
18. Subscribers of the company (except for PRIVET subscribers) who additionally have the “International Roaming” or “SMS Roaming” service activated can use the MMS service in the networks of the company’s foreign roaming partner operators.
19. The cost of outgoing MMS in roaming consists of the fee for sending MMS according to the subscriber’s tariff plan and the cost of the Internet session initiated to send MMS (calculated according to Internet roaming tariffs).
20. The cost of an incoming MMS in roaming is equal to the cost of the Internet session initiated to receive an MMS (calculated according to Internet roaming tariffs). 21. Dispatch and receiving MMS are possible only if there is two-way international Internet roaming between the Unitary Enterprise “A1” and the company’s roaming partner, namely:
- between A1 subscribers, provided that one subscriber is in the A1 network, the second is in the roaming partner’s network;
- between A1 subscribers located in the roaming partner’s network;
- between A1 subscribers and subscribers of the company’s roaming partner networks, with which Unitary Enterprise “A1” has entered into an appropriate MMS exchange agreement.
23. The Company has the right to unilaterally change this Procedure without additional notice by publishing the changes on the official website www.A1.by.
24. In all other respects not regulated by this Procedure, the client and the company are guided by the provisions of the agreement on the provision of telecommunication services concluded between the client and the company.
1. MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) - a service based on GPRS/EDGE/UMTS/HSPA/HSPA+ technology for exchanging multimedia messages up to 300 KB. The volume may be limited by the capabilities of the telephone. When exchanging MMS, Internet traffic is consumed, which is not charged in the A1 network.
2. Sending MMS is possible to:
- mobile devices of subscribers (information about the availability of an agreement for MMS exchange is posted on www.a1.by). The MMS recipient number must be indicated in international format (for example, + 375 NN XXXXXXX, where 375 is the country code, NN is the network code, ХХХХХХХ is the phone number);
- email;
- short numbers for additional services provided in the company’s network.
4. The subscriber can activate/deactivate the MMS service independently using:
- USSD *135*2# call (for a1 subscribers);
- USSD *126*1*2# call (for PRIVET subscribers);
- Personal account
- ACCA, call 411;
- website www.a1.by (connection only).
6. The subscriber can independently obtain MMS settings using:
- USSD *135*0# call (for A1 subscribers);
- USSD *126*0# call (for PRIVET subscribers);
- Personal account;
- ACCA, call 411;
- SMS to number 512 with the keyword mms.
8. Clients of the company - legal entities, if necessary, can prohibit independent connection by subscribers to the MMS service by written application or through the Personal Account (access level - Administrator).
9. MMS included in the subscription fee/cost of tariff plan/service are provided in accordance with the Traffic Provision Procedure.
10. You can simultaneously send one MMS to no more than 10 recipients. In this case, MMS sent to each recipient is charged as a separate MMS.
11. MMS is not delivered, and the fact of sending is charged for the sender, if:
- sending is made to an incorrect mobile subscriber number or to a non-existent/incorrect email;
- The MMS recipient does not have this service activated. In this case, the recipient will receive an SMS notification that an MMS has been sent to him indicating the sender’s phone number;
- the MMS recipient is disconnected from the company’s communication network (outgoing or incoming communication) or has suspended the use of communication services by activating the “Pause” service;
- at the time of sending the MMS to email, the recipient's mail server was faulty or did not process incoming emails correctly.
13. The storage period for undelivered MMS on the A1 network is no more than 24 hours, after which the MMS are automatically deleted.
14. If the subscriber has two services – MMS and “Mobile Internet”, as well as when the subscriber uses a mobile phone that cannot differentially use two access points defined by the company for each of the services in order to ensure their correct provision and pricing, the subscriber is obliged to independently monitor the settings used by his mobile phone to avoid unexpected financial expenses.
15. The type and number of files of various formats within one MMS may vary depending on the functionality of the sender and recipient's telephone sets. If one or more MMS content elements were incorrectly detected by the subscriber's telephone, but the message was sent and accepted for processing by the MMS center, then the MMS will be charged.
16. If a subscriber with an activated MMS service changed his subscriber number or was disconnected from outgoing and/or incoming communications due to debt or used the “Pause” service, then for further successful use of the MMS service the subscriber must turn off and turn on the telephone.
17. The MMS service is provided in accordance with the tariffs approved by the company.
18. Subscribers of the company (except for PRIVET subscribers) who additionally have the “International Roaming” or “SMS Roaming” service activated can use the MMS service in the networks of the company’s foreign roaming partner operators.
19. The cost of outgoing MMS in roaming consists of the fee for sending MMS according to the subscriber’s tariff plan and the cost of the Internet session initiated to send MMS (calculated according to Internet roaming tariffs).
20. The cost of an incoming MMS in roaming is equal to the cost of the Internet session initiated to receive an MMS (calculated according to Internet roaming tariffs). 21. Sending and receiving MMS is possible only if there is two-way international Internet roaming between the Unitary Enterprise “A1” and the company’s roaming partner, namely:
- between A1 subscribers, provided that one subscriber is in the A1 network, the second is in the roaming partner’s network;
- between A1 subscribers located in the roaming partner’s network;
- between A1 subscribers and subscribers of the company’s roaming partner networks, with which Unitary Enterprise “A1” has entered into an appropriate MMS exchange agreement.
23. The Company has the right to unilaterally change this Procedure without additional notice by publishing the changes on the official website www.a1.by.
24. In all other respects not regulated by this Procedure, the client and the company are guided by the provisions of the agreement on the provision of telecommunication services concluded between the client and the company.
