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GSMA Launches New Forum to Support 5G Cloud-Based AR/VR
Thursday 29 November, 2018 | 5G Digest | AR/VR Digest | Digest | Latest News
At Huawei’s 9th Global Broadband Forum held in London we announced the launch of a new industry-wide initiative called The GSMA Cloud AR/VR Forum that is designed to accelerate the delivery and adoption of 5G cloud-based augmented reality (AR) and virtual reality (VR) ...
Industry Experts Gather in London to Strategise Deployment of RCS
Friday 23 November, 2018 | Digest | Latest News | RCS Digest
Industry Experts Gather in London to Strategise Deployment of RCS The GSMA’s RCS Business Messaging Labs are now an established fixture of the mobile industry calendar. With a total of 65 operator launches and 194 million Monthly Active Users, RCS has certainly made a huge ...
GSMA LAUNCHES NEW INDUSTRY-WIDE INITIATIVE TO SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT OF OPERATOR EDGE CLOUD AR/VR
Wednesday 21 November, 2018 | 5G Digest | AR/VR Digest | Digest | Latest News | Press Release | Press Releases
Multiple Operators, Vendors and Content Providers to Collaborate to Accelerate Deployment of Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality Technology London: The GSMA today announced the launch of a new industry-wide initiative called The GSMA Cloud AR/VR Forum that will focus on the ...
Leading the Way in 5G Fixed Wireless Access
Friday 26 October, 2018 | 5G Digest | Digest | Latest News
“Connectivity is at the core of every company’s digital transformation. 5G will have a significant impact on how businesses work and how they engage with their customers” By Mo Katibeh, Chief Marketing Officer, AT&T Fixed Wireless Access (FWA), especially when ...
The Role of RCS in the Digital Enhancement of Everyday Life
Monday 15 October, 2018 | Digest | Latest News | RCS Digest
Much attention has rightly been paid lately to how Rich Communication Services, or RCS, will transform the ways business can communicate with its customers: how brands can keep consumers updated on developments, and market what they have to offer, in ever more memorable and ...
RCS takes centre stage at in Los Angeles as momentum builds behind business applications
Thursday 11 October, 2018 | Digest | Latest News | RCS Digest
RCS takes centre stage at in Los Angeles as momentum builds behind business applications At 25 years old and still going strong, SMS is the world’s most successful messaging platform, used today by more than 5 billion people worldwide. As with any longstanding technology, ...
US Industry Talks up 5G Impact at Mobile World Congress Americas
Thursday 4 October, 2018 | 5G Digest | Digest | Latest News
The United States is betting big on 5G. According to GSMA Intelligence there will be 1.3 billion global 5G connections by 2025 including 203 million in North America and three of four US operators have already announced plans to launch in select cities by the end of 2018. It ...
Google and Samsung Partner to Accelerate RCS Business Messaging Based on the GSMA Universal Profile
Monday 24 September, 2018 | Digest | Latest News | RCS Digest
Samsung and Google announced last week that they are collaborating to ensure that the Android Messages and Samsung Messages RCS clients will work seamlessly with both the Google Business Messages Platform and Samsung’s Messaging as a Platform (MaaP). The collaboration ...
The Future Networks Programme’s RCS Events at Mobile World Congress Americas 2018
Tuesday 4 September, 2018 | Digest | Latest News | RCS Digest
The Future Network Programme is hosting a number of events at this year’s Mobile World Congress Americas 2018 in Los Angeles covering the latest developments in Rich Communications Services. RCS and particularly RCS Business Messaging, which is helping brands to enhance ...
Future Networks Chairman Update #1
Wednesday 22 August, 2018 | 5G Digest | Digest | Latest News | RCS Digest
Each month, we’ll bring you the latest news and insights from Arash Ashouriha, Chairman of the Future Networks Programme. Future Networks Chairman Update #1: China Mobile to Chair Future Networks Cloud X Project By Arash Ashouriha, SVP Group Technology Innovation, ...
Operators to Play Key Role in Delivery of Next Generation Virtual Reality through 5G
Wednesday 15 August, 2018 | 5G Digest | AR/VR Digest | Digest | Latest News
Among the most hotly anticipated developments of the digital age has been virtual reality, and its close relative augmented reality – known collectively as AR/VR. These transformative technologies are set to revolutionise the ways in which consumers interact with ...
MENA to Offer Major Growth Opportunities in Rich Communication Services
Tuesday 7 August, 2018 | Digest | Latest News | RCS Digest
The now rapid worldwide adoption of RCS and deployment of marketing campaigns by brands of Rich Communication Services (RCS) heralds the arrival of a new era in messaging. SMS remains the largest messaging platform on earth, with over 4 billion users, and continues to play ...
5G Network Slicing Summit at Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2018
Friday 13 July, 2018 | 5G Digest | Digest | Latest News
The GSMA’s Future Networks team hosted the 5G Network Slicing Summit at Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2018, sponsored and co-hosted by China Mobile and Huawei. It included guest speakers from 3GPP, 5GSA, Beckhoff, China Mobile, China Southern Power Grid, Huawei, LetinVR ...
Asia Ready for RCS Business Messaging
Thursday 12 July, 2018 | Digest | Latest News | RCS Digest
The GSMA’s Future Networks Programme hosted a seminar at Mobile World Congress Shanghai 2018 titled ‘RCS Business Messaging: The Future of Brand Communications’ that saw a number of brands, aggregators and mobile operators come together to discuss the challenges, ...
Exploring Rich Communications Services in Asia at MWC Shanghai 2018
Tuesday 19 June, 2018 | Digest | Latest News | RCS Digest
RCS, one of the mobile industry’s fundamental innovations of recent years, will be crucial in supporting the modernisation of commerce and services in Asia. With launches from China Mobile, KDDI, NTT DoCoMo and SoftBank Corp. Earlier this year, 55 operators across the globe ...
5G’s Imminent Delivery to the Mass Market to be Outlined at MWC Shanghai 2018
Monday 18 June, 2018 | 5G Digest | Digest | Latest News
Click here to pre-register your place at the 5G Network Slicing Summit at MWC Shanghai 2018. 5G is set to transform the role of telecommunications in everyday life. Its ultrafast mobile broadband will lead to digitisation of countless functions and services: ...
GSMA Launch Network Economics Project to Help Usher in 5G Era
Tuesday 12 June, 2018 | Digest | Latest News | Network Economics Digest
The 5G era promises to deliver incredible mobile broadband speeds to consumers and business alike, transforming society and ushering in a host of socio-economic benefits. It’s expected to be the panacea that will address a diverse array of requirements and use cases such as ...
The GSMA Announces Availability of Universal Profile Version 2.2 for Rich Communications Services
Thursday 24 May, 2018 | Digest | Latest News | RCS Digest
The GSMA’s Future Networks Programme has published Version 2.2 of the Universal Profile (UP) for Rich Communications Services (RCS), alongside RCS 8.0 which delivers the UP’s technical underpinnings.
Japan Turns on RCS Services
Tuesday 15 May, 2018 | Digest | Latest News | RCS Digest
Last week we were excited to announce in our latest Press Release that all three of Japan’s mobile operators, KDDI Corporation, NTT DOCOMO, INC. and SoftBank Corp. had launched Rich Communications Services (RCS) based on our specifications across Japan. The service is ...
JAPAN’S MOBILE OPERATORS LAUNCH RCS SERVICES BASED ON GSMA SPECIFICATIONS
Wednesday 9 May, 2018 | Digest | Latest News | Press Release | Press Releases | RCS Digest
Leading Operators KDDI Corporation, NTT DOCOMO, INC. and SoftBank Corp. Launch RCS Messaging Across Japan; RCS Gaining Global Momentum with Multiple Launches London: The GSMA today announced that Japanese mobile operators KDDI Corporation, NTT DOCOMO, INC. and SoftBank Corp. ...