Text messaging service (SMS)

With text messaging service you can send and receive short text messages of 160 characters each, to other mobile users in Cyprus and worldwide. The service is pre-configured on your SIM card.
Therefore, as soon as you activate your SIM card, you will be able to
send and receive text messages. SMS can also support information as diverse as news, sports, stocks, weather, games, chat, notifications, etc.

Picture messaging service (MMS)

MMS stands for Multimedia Messaging Service. As its name suggests, this service allows you to send audio, visual or animated documents. With this technological leap, the size of sent texts rises from 160 to 3000 characters. If your mobile phone can support MMS, you will be able to send and receive messages that contain text, pictures and sound. To send and receive picture messages, you need first to
find and store picture messaging settings on your mobile phone.

To obtain MMS settings via SMS please send a message to 8855 with text MMS (this message is free of charge)

To Insert MMS Settings manually:

Account Name:                     MTN MMS
MMS Service Center:          https://mms.mtn.com.cy/mmsc
APN (Access Point Name): mms
IP address:                            172.24.97.1 (or 172.024.097.001)
Port:                                        9201 (for WAP 1.x handsets)
                                                 3130 (for WAP 2.x handsets)
Username:                             mms
Password:                             mms
Security:                                 off
Data Mode:                             connection oriented
Authentication Type:           normal

There is a small difference at the configuration between handsets using WAP 1.x and WAP 2.0. Usually the oldest handsets use WAP 1.x, that means that there is no need to configure any "Port" for MMS, because the port is by default the 9201. There are some exceptions like the Siemens S55 (that uses WAP 1.x), which asks the user to specify that port manually. This should be configured manaully to port 9201.

Fore newer handsets (like nokia 6810 or 6800) that use WAP 2.0 the Port should be configured manaually to 3130 and there is an additional setting for a |(Primary) Proxy", which should be configures to 172.24.97.1 (or 172.024.097.001). For any secondary Proxy/Port the fields should be left blank.