Synchronization of signaling messages and multimedia content loading

A mobile terminal in a wireless communication network comprising:

• a user agent which processes a first signaling message during session establishment to detect, from the first signaling message, information indicating that multimedia content should be downloaded and presented to the user in synchronization with a second signaling message necessary to session establishment;
• and
• a protocol stack downloading and presenting said multimedia content in accordance with said information indicating that multimedia content should be downloaded and presented to the user in synchronization with said second signaling message necessary to session establishment;
• wherein
• session establishment is completed by said user agent only after said multimedia content is downloaded and presented to the user in synchronization with said second signaling message necessary to session establishment.

A network element in a communications network, said network element performing a synchronization method comprising:

• receiving a first signaling message transmitted from a caller terminal, said first signaling message initiating a multimedia session between said caller terminal and said callee terminal;
• detecting information in said first signaling message indicating the location of multimedia content to be downloaded by said callee terminal;
• modifying said first signaling message to include information indicating that said multimedia content should be presented on said callee terminal in synchronization with a second signaling message related to said multimedia session;
• and
• forwarding said modified first signaling message to said callee terminal.