SMSs and MMSs that cost more

Are you shocked by the amount on your mobile telephone bill? Sending and receiving premium-rate SMS or MMS messages might be the cause! SMS and MMS services such as stock market information, sports information, downloading of games, logos and ring tones are more expensive than normal SMS/MMS messages to a friend or relative.

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Further information

SMS (Short Message Service)

Service for sending and receiving short messages, made up of a maximum of 160 characters, available on a mobile telephone and on the internet and even on the fixed telephone network under certain conditions.

MMS (Multimedia Message Service)

Service for sending and receiving multimedia messages, which can feature various content (text, audio, images or video).

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Last modification 01.07.2015

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