AT&T has finally made good on its promise to enable MMS for the iPhone although a few days late of Summer’s end. However, the carrier didn’t give an official date on when it would bring tethering support to the iPhone although both features can be enabled relatively easily without AT&T’s intervention.

When Apple demonstrated Firmware 3.0 for the iPhone, it promised MMS and Internet tethering to the iPhone and that a massive amount of carriers worldwide would support the new features. However, AT&T wasn’t amongst that list and remained mum about the subject for quite a while. After promising a late summer roll out, it’s finally enabling the feature in about 3 weeks, a few days after Summer’s official end. MMS support will arrive in the form of a Software update in the much awaited 3.1 update alongside augmented reality support.

AT&T pushed out a press release detailing its roll out of MMS to the iPhone and that the carrier has been working on a strong network versus enabling the feature right of the bat:

We know that iPhone users will embrace MMS. The unique capabilities and high usage of the iPhone’s multimedia capabilities required us to work on our network MMS architecture to carry the expected record volumes of MMS traffic and ensure an excellent experience from Day One. We appreciate your patience as we work toward that end.

Via: iPhone Atlas