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.

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 ...

Tuesday 24 April, 2018 | Digest | Latest News | RCS Digest

The Future Networks programme instigated an initiative called the GSMA RCS Business Messaging Labs last year that was designed to bring leading stakeholders in the messaging industry together such as mobile operators, aggregators and brands to discuss the operational and ...

Monday 19 March, 2018 | Digest | Latest News | RCS Digest

Momentum of RCS services was very much in evidence at Mobile World Congress 2018 with a number of announcements at the show. Over 50 networks have now launched, with a number of network interconnections in the Americas and Europe and a wave of brands launching trials of RCS ...

Monday 19 March, 2018 | Digest | Latest News | RCS Digest

One of the highlights of Mobile World Congress 2018 was a conference session titled ‘Digital Transformation for the Consumer 2.0’ that examined how brands are looking beyond transactions to ongoing, personal conversations with their consumers. The session was opened by Rimma ...

Tuesday 27 February, 2018 | Digest | Latest News | RCS Digest

Digital technologies are undergoing a seismic transformation. Many aspects of everyday life are now affected by digital technology; from accessing services to the way we communicate with our colleagues and friends, human behaviour has changed dramatically over recent years.

Tuesday 27 February, 2018 | Digest | Latest News | RCS Digest

We recently teamed up with mobile messaging provider OpenMarket on a piece of research to find out what consumers really think about RCS and the opportunities it presents to interact with brands in a more compelling way. An staggering 79% of consumers find RCS appealing. ...

Monday 8 January, 2018 | Digest | Latest News | RCS Digest

With the rapid growth of chatbots and artificial intelligence (AI), one of the biggest challenges facing mobile operators is how to shape the business models for these new IP-based messaging services. As business communications evolve from one-off messages to chat sessions, ...

Wednesday 20 December, 2017 | Digest | Latest News | RCS Digest

Rich Communication Services (RCS) is now poised to become the dominant mode of text-based telemarketing over the next five years. Bringing together the capabilities of traditional SMS and over-the-top (OTT) messaging apps – and providing them to consumers from within their ...

Thursday 7 December, 2017 | Digest | Latest News | RCS Digest

América Movil, Telefónica, Oi and AT&T in Mexico became the first mobile operators to bring advanced RCS messaging services to subscribers across Latin America this week. Swedish operator, Telia also announced that they have launched domestically. These operators join ...

Monday 27 November, 2017 | Digest | Latest News | RCS Digest

China Mobile has announced that it is the first Chinese operator to commercially launch RCS services to subscribers across the country from 1st December with the aim of enhancing the communications capabilities of its subscribers. The move is a huge boost for the adoption of ...