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Kuwait VoLTE Interconnect CTO Q&A
Tuesday 28 February, 2017 | Digest | Latest News | Volte Digest
The VoLTE (Voice over LTE) interconnection is the first in Kuwait and the first in the Mena region. The decision to interconnect was taken to maximise customer experience in Kuwait and the operators will be launching the interconnected service in March 2017. We spoke to CTOs ...
NEW GSMA REPORT HIGHLIGHTS MESSAGING AS A PLATFORM OPPORTUNITY
Monday 27 February, 2017 | Digest | Latest News | Press Release | Press Releases | RCS Digest
Platform Gives Consumers Access to Range of Brands and Services London: The GSMA today issued a new report titled, ‘Messaging as a Platform – The Operator Opportunity,’ that outlines how operators can play a central role in the future of Messaging as a Platform (MaaP). The ...
New report: The 4G Broadcasting Opportunity
Monday 27 February, 2017 | 5G Digest | Digest | Latest News
By Michele Zarri, Technical Director, GSMA The LTE Broadcast Opportunity The GSMA has released a new report today called ‘The Broadcast Opportunity’ highlighting how mobile network operators can take advantage of a broadcast technology called ‘Evolved Multicast Broadcast ...
“We see huge potential in Advanced Communications”
Monday 27 February, 2017 | Digest | Latest News | RCS Digest
The opportunities available to mobile operators from Advanced Communications and Messaging as a Platform (MaaP) are huge, according to Petja Heimbach, VP of Next Generation Communications at Deutsche Telekom. But telecoms companies must transform their ways of thinking to ...
Richer sounds: a glimpse into the future of operator messaging at MWC
Monday 27 February, 2017 | Digest | Latest News | RCS Digest
Advanced messaging (RCS) can empower customer service, ecommerce, public information and even IoT fault reporting. The RCS messaging standard allows smartphone makers to automatically incorporate powerful messaging features into their handsets. This in turns encourages more ...
Chatbots could be just the ticket
Monday 27 February, 2017 | Digest | Latest News | RCS Digest
Virgin Trains believes advanced messaging will help customers find the right ticket for them. Steve Gooder, Virgin Trains Head of Digital Technology, has appealed to mobile operators to help create more sophisticated messaging apps and chatbots. Gooder is appearing at the ...
*NEW* GSMA 5G Report now available
Sunday 26 February, 2017 | 5G Digest | Digest | Latest News
5G is more than just a generational step; it represents a fundamental transformation of the role that mobile technology plays in society. As demand for continuous connectivity grows, 5G is an opportunity to create an agile, purpose-built network tailored to the different ...
The 5G Era will bring boundless connectivity and intelligent automation
Sunday 26 February, 2017 | 5G Digest | Digest | Latest News
Henry Calvert, Senior Director Head of Network 2020 Mobile technology’s effect on society will get dramatically more beneficial if we allow 5G’s abundant connectivity and intelligence to improve the world, argues Henry Calvert, Senior Director, Head of Network 2020, GSMA. ...
Why MaaP can help mobile operators own the conversation
Sunday 26 February, 2017 | Digest | Latest News | RCS Digest
Conversational commerce – where interactions take place at the intersection of messaging apps and shopping for goods or services and suppliers can engage customers in entirely new ways across multiple channels – is set to revolutionize customer experience. It is being ...
Rooplay: Mobile gaming gets a boost with 5G
Saturday 25 February, 2017 | 5G Digest | Digest | Latest News
Cloud games developer Rooplay is demonstrating how 5G could enable a new generation of mobile gaming by delivering a continuous, consistent high-speed connection with low-latency. As a proof-of-concept, Rooplay compares the experience of playing a Formula 1 ...
University of Surrey: On the road to 5G
Saturday 25 February, 2017 | 5G Digest | Digest | Latest News
University of Surrey’s Professor Rahim Tafazolli argues 5G success depends on cross-industry collaboration The 5G Innovation Centre (5GIC) at the University of Surrey has researched how 5G will create multiple options for the automotive industry through its network sliced ...
Verizon: “Expect major 5G advances in 2017”
Saturday 25 February, 2017 | 5G Digest | Digest | Latest News
Expect major 5G advances in 2017 from the US mobile giant, including wireless home broadband Verizon is rolling out fixed wireless broadband pilots in 11 cities in the US and is commercially piloting a range of schemes. The Verizon briefings could prove the best source of ...
SMS reinvents itself with RCS, 5G and 4G connected street furniture to be showcased at the GSMA Innovation City
Tuesday 21 February, 2017 | 5G Digest | Digest | Latest News | RCS Digest
Mobile networks are undergoing the most fundamental transformation in a generation. Advanced Messaging through RCS and an emerging 5G have the potential to enable services which vastly improve the customer experience and support the rise of new technologies. Significant ...
Telenor launches Advanced Messaging across Europe and Asia
Thursday 16 February, 2017 | Digest | Latest News | RCS Digest
Telenor have announced that they will enable the launch of RCS messaging services to their 211 million subscribers across Europe and Asia. They will join Rogers and Sprint in being amongst the first operators to launch the service which is based on the GSMA’s Universal ...
Next Generation Mobile Networks will be the Centerpiece of Mobile World Congress 2017
Monday 6 February, 2017 | 5G Digest | Digest | Latest News | RCS Digest
For some time, All-IP Communications and 5G have been two of the most widely discussed and anticipated technologies in the mobile industry. Following a year of significant progress in both fields, the industry is now in a position to unveil the latest capabilities and ...
Rogers talks about why they have launched Advanced Messaging
Tuesday 24 January, 2017 | Digest | Latest News | RCS Digest
Rogers became the first mobile operator in Canada and the second in the world to launch Advanced Messaging services to its subscribers based on the GSMA’s Universal Profile. Through a partnership with Google, Rogers will offer enhanced messaging experiences and access to ...
Trends and Analysis: Global Interconnections Gain Momentum
Tuesday 24 January, 2017 | Digest | Latest News | RCS Digest | Volte Digest
By Henry Calvert, Head of Network 2020 programme, GSMA. Since our last update we’ve seen a number of significant developments in the adoption of all-IP communications services by the global operator community such as Voice-over-LTE (VoLTE), Voice-over-Wi-Fi (VoWiFi) ...
The GSMA’s Network 2020 Programme appoints new chair for IP Communications Group
Tuesday 24 January, 2017 | Digest | Latest News | RCS Digest
Dr. Petja Heimbach, Vice President of Next Generation Communication Products at Deutsche Telekom (DT) has been appointed Chair of the GSMA’s IP Communications Leadership Team following the resignation of Kobus Smit from his position as Head of Voice and Messaging at DT. ...
Poll: Why is 5G a Game Changer?
Friday 13 January, 2017 | 5G Digest | Digest | Latest News
5G will greatly enhance connectivity and has the potential to enable a raft of new technologies and services. In our latest poll, let us know what you think will be greatest impact of 5G. Find out more about 5G in our seminar 5G – Beyond Technology into Business ...
Sprint talk about the benefits of launching Advanced Messaging
Thursday 12 January, 2017 | Digest | Latest News | RCS Digest
An Interview with Ryan Sullivan, VP, Product Development, Sprint. Sprint has become first to partner with Google and deploy the GSMA’s Universal Profile for Advanced Messaging. The profile, which is backed by 58 global operators, OEMs and OS providers, upgrades existing ...