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 ...

Friday 17 November, 2017 | Digest | Latest News | RCS Digest

Rich Communication Services are now a commercial reality. RCS constitutes a revolution in text-based messaging – an upgrade to SMS on a global scale.

Friday 10 November, 2017 | Digest | Latest News | RCS Digest

The GSMA was pleased to see that Telstra has become the first mobile operator in Australia to launch commercial Rich Communication Services (RCS) across the country this week. They join other global mobile operators including Bell, Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telenor, Sprint, ...

Tuesday 7 November, 2017 | Digest | Latest News | RCS Digest

The GSMA is working with mobile operators, hosted solution providers and RCS Clients on an accreditation process that aims to ensure RCS services are implemented in accordance with the GSMA Universal Profile 1.0 for Advanced Messaging (UP). The process is designed to ensure ...

Friday 13 October, 2017 | Digest | Latest News | RCS Digest

Future Networks will be present at the GSMA M360 Latin America event in Bogotá, Colombia from 31st October to 2nd November to showcase the momentum of Rich Communications Services (RCS) and Messaging as a Platform (MaaP). Excitement about the person-to-person and ...