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Network 2020 Programme Update September – November 2014
Sunday 30 November, 2014 | Digest | Latest News
The GSMA’s Network 2020 Programme update provide highlights on how we are progressing against the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) from July – September 2014 on RCS and VoLTE launches, whilst navigating the complexities of networks growing to an All-IP solution with ...
Accreditation of the RCS Blackbird release and growth of native RCS devices
Friday 28 November, 2014 | Digest | Latest News | RCS Digest
The GSMA’s Network 2020 Interoperability Testing (IOT) team continues to see progression of joyn Blackbird accreditations for the RCS ecosystem. As of November 1st 2014, accreditations for new joyn Blackbird devices and clients were formally handed over to the GCF, although ...
Momentum around HD Voice licensees continues to grow
Monday 24 November, 2014 | Digest | Latest News
The momentum around the universally recognised ‘HD Voice’ logo is growing immensely, due to customers being able to identify HD Voice enabled devices and networks supporting the service. Since our last report this year, we have seen 21 new licensees, 8 of them joining ...
AT&T and Verizon Wireless get themselves connected
Monday 24 November, 2014 | Digest | Latest News | RCS Digest | Volte Digest
Interconnecting networks between mobile operators offers many benefits to customers such as interoperable VoLTE (voice over LTE) calls with HD Voice quality as well as interoperable Rich Communications Services (RCS). It works by using all-IP (Internet Protocol) technology, ...
All-IP Mobile Communications
Monday 24 November, 2014 | Digest | Latest News | RCS Digest | Volte Digest
The ‘Green Button Promise’ is a key focus area within the Network 2020 Programme. With support from a number of our eco-system partners, we have created an exciting video to demonstrate All-IP Communications in action on a commercial LTE network. This is the first time this ...
VoLTE Service Description and Implementation Guide (Version 2.0)
Monday 24 November, 2014 | Digest | Latest News | Volte Digest
Voice over Long Term Evolution (VoLTE) is the industry recognised solution for providing a rich multimedia HD Voice service over the LTE access technology. VoLTE utilises IMS technology and provides a common platform in which to provide an enriched calling experience by ...
Mobile World Congress Preview Highlights
Monday 24 November, 2014 | Digest | Latest News
The 2015 GSMA Mobile World Congress titled ‘The Edge Of Innovation’ will take place 2-5 March, located at Fira Gran Via in Barcelona, Spain. Following the successes of previous events, it will convene industry leaders, visionaries and innovators to explore the trends that ...
Customers and operators can benefit from interconnecting mobile All-IP communications
Monday 24 November, 2014 | Digest | Latest News | RCS Digest
IP based interconnection between mobile operators offers many benefits to both Operators and customers. It provides Operators with scalability and increased reachability of IP-based communications services and provides customers with interoperable VoLTE (Voice over LTE) ...
LTE in the new iPhone and growing around the world
Monday 24 November, 2014 | Digest | Latest News | Volte Digest
Apple supports LTE in its iPhone 6 – The recent launch of the Apple iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus has created a massive wave of interest with a staggering rush to pre-purchase. For operators, there is a significant feature included – LTE. The device is LTE-ready for some ...
Network 2020 IOT Programme Update
Friday 19 September, 2014 | Digest | Latest News
The GSMA’s Network 2020 Interoperability and Testing (IOT) team has recently expanded its scope from joyn to an All-IP focus, to include Common Core specification and native implementations. Watch Ian Crawford, the IOT Programme Manager, and learn more details about the ...
Long Term Revolution: VoLTE Comes of Age
Friday 19 September, 2014 | Digest | Latest News | Volte Digest
We first discussed the speed of operator Voice over Long Term Evolution (VoLTE) deployments back in June when there seemed to be a never-ending parade of news outlining operator commitments and plans. Three months on and we are starting to see some real traction in the ...
Mobile 360 Series, North America – LTE and Interoperability highlighted
Friday 19 September, 2014 | Digest | Latest News | Volte Digest
The GSMA held its North American event on the 22nd and 23rd September in Atlanta. A two day Conference Agenda was supported by a small demonstration area showcasing the GSMA’s main Programmes – and Network 2020 was, of course, promoting IP Communications. Unsurprising, with ...
GSMA expands its support for IP Communication Launches and Interoperability Testing
Friday 19 September, 2014 | Digest | Latest News | RCS Digest | Volte Digest
Helping operators and OEMs to reduce the time to market and speed up the launch process for IP Communications is a vital part of the Network 2020 Programme’s work. The GSMA has two teams dedicated to this task, and has recently expanded their scope and activities to provide ...
Why ‘common’ is good for IP Communications
Friday 19 September, 2014 | Digest | Latest News | RCS Digest
A major request from operators to the GSMA is to help speed up the time to market for native All-IP communication devices and solutions. The quicker a new product or service can get to the market, the better it is for consumers and the more opportunities it gives to ...
Network 2020 Programme Update July – September 2014
Saturday 19 July, 2014 | Digest | Latest News
The GSMA’s Network 2020 programme update provide highlights on how we are progressing against the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) from April – July 2014, whilst navigating the complexities of networks growing to an all-IP solution, with a Call to Action from our Head ...
Loud and clear: operators moving the future of voice on
Saturday 19 July, 2014 | Digest | Latest News | RCS Digest | Volte Digest
It won’t have escaped your attention that over the past few weeks a number of global operators have made significant announcements regarding Voice over LTE (VoLTE) deployments, particularly in Asia and North America. Operators including AT&T, NTT DOCOMO, PCCW-HKT, ...
Mobile Asia Expo – an impressive array of native IP Communications
Saturday 19 July, 2014 | Digest | Latest News | RCS Digest
Mobile Asia Expo 2014 in Shanghai, China was a landmark for the Network 2020 Programme with five live, LTE-based native demonstrations of the ‘Green Button Promise’ in action from China Mobile, D2 Technologies and NewNet (formerly NewPace), Jibe Mobile, Huawei and Summit ...
The ‘Green Button Promise’ – a unique mobile operator advantage in regaining customer relevance
Saturday 19 July, 2014 | Digest | Latest News | RCS Digest
Mobile operators continue to witness the impact of increased demand for data and communications services from other service providers as well as decreased use of ‘traditional’ messaging (SMS) and voice. The ‘Green Button Promise’ is a unique operator proposition for ...