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Picture messaging

Exclusively from Vodafone, you can now send picture and multimedia messages to international mobiles for as little as 80c - so get sending those pictures, videos and voice messages today!

What is a picture message?

A picture is worth a thousand words. Take a photo with your mobile and send it with a message to anyone's mobile phone or email address for only 25c.

How to send a picture message

This is a general guide for sending picture or MMS (multimedia messages) for all makes of phones. If you have difficulty sending a picture messages from your phone you should refer to your phones manual.

  1. Select ‘messaging’ and ‘create new message’.
  2. Select ‘multimedia message’.
  3. Insert an object by selecting ‘options’.
  4. Select the number or email address from your list of contacts and press ‘Send’.

How much does a picture message cost?

Message typeIn IrelandOutside Ireland*
Long text messages
(0 to1kb)		19c80c
Picture/video messages
(1 to100kb)		25c80c
Picture/video messages
(100 to300kb) 3G phones only		70c80c

*Subject to compatible networks

  • To check the size of your MMS, insert all objects, ie voice recording, video, picture and text. The size is displayed at the top left corner (beside the camera icon).
  • For picture messages over 100Kb in size, we cannot guarantee delivery on a non-3G phone 

Which countries can I send picture messages to?

CountryNetwork

Australia

Hutchinson 3G
Telestra

Albania

Vodafone Albania

Austria

One,
Mobilkom

Belgium

Proximus

Bulgaria

Globul

China

China Mobile
Unicom

Croatia

T Mobile

Czech Republic

T-Mobile CZ
Vodafone Czech Republic
Eurotel

Denmark

Sonofon

Finland

Alands

France

SFR
Orange

Germany

Vodafone Germany
O2 Germany
T-Mobile

Greece

Vodafone

Hungary

T-Mobile

Iceland

Vodafone Iceland

Italy

Vodafone Italy

Lithuania

Omnitel Lithuania

Malta

Vodafone Malta

Netherlands

Vodafone NL

Norway

Network Norway
Netcom
Telenor

Pakistan

Telenor

Poland

Polkomtel
Era
Orange

Portugal

Vodafone Portugal
TMN
Optimus

Qatar

Vodafone Qatar

Slovakia

O2 Slovakia

Slovenia

Mobitel

South Africa

Mtn,
Vodacom

Spain

Vodafone Spain
Orange
Telefonica

Sweden

Telenor

Switzerland

Swisscom

Turkey

Turkcell
Vodafone Turkey

United Kingdom

Vodafone UK
O2 UK
T-Mobile
Hutchinson / 3UK

Ukraine

Life (Asteil) Ukraine

USA

AT&T

Are you set up for picture messaging?

Your phone may not be configured to send and receive picture and multimedia messages. Let us email or post your setting to you:

 

  • Call the pay as you go helpdesk on 1747 (if you're calling from a mobile) or 1850 20 40 20 (if you're calling from a landline)
  • Call the bill pay helpdesk on 1907

Having problems sending picture messages?

If your phone is not set up to receive an MMS, you will get a text asking you to contact a website. This text will contain a username and password for this site. To view your picture message, simply sign in to the site using the username and password.

Non-Vodafone Ireland customers should also sign in to our Multimedia Centre and enter the username and password contained in the text you've received.

Launch Multimedia Centre

Terms and conditions apply