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Multiple Industries’ Rallying Call for 5G to Herald a New Era of Automation
Friday 9 March, 2018 | 5G Digest | Digest | Latest News
This time last year, 5G was a subject shrouded in relative obscurity. The prospect of high speeds, low latency and vastly improved Network Slicing capabilities were understood but had not yet been analysed with rigour or depth by the many industries served by mobile networks.
Big Brands Back RCS as Network Technology Comes to Life at MWC 2018
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.
New Research Highlights Consumer Demand for Rich Communications Services
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. ...
GSMA RCS MESSAGING INITIATIVE TAKES OFF AS MULTIPLE GLOBAL OPERATORS INTERCONNECT NETWORKS
Monday 26 February, 2018 | Digest | Latest News | Press Release | Press Releases | RCS Digest
Leading Operators Interconnect RCS Networks Across 17 Markets Worldwide; RCS Gaining Momentum With Over 159 Million Monthly Users London: The GSMA today announced that mobile operators América Móvil, Rogers Communications and Sprint have interconnected their networks across ...
GLOBAL BRANDS LAUNCH LIVE RCS BUSINESS MESSAGING SERVICES BASED ON THE GSMA UNIVERSAL PROFILE
Monday 26 February, 2018 | Digest | Latest News | Press Release | Press Releases | RCS Digest
Global Brands Including Booking.com, British Gas, ITV, Pizza Hut Delivery and Subway Launch Live RCS Business Messaging Services Barcelona: The GSMA today announced that multiple global brands including 1-800 Contacts, 1-800-Flowers.com, Booking.com, ITV, Snaptravel and ...
RCS and 5G Take Centre Stage at Mobile World Congress 2018
Monday 12 February, 2018 | 5G Digest | Digest | Latest News | RCS Digest
This year’s Mobile World Congress is a particularly significant one for the GSMA’s Future Networks Programme. It marks a turning point in the road to commercial reality for two transformative technologies: Rich Communications Services, or RCS, and 5G.
Building a Commercial Models Framework to Monetise Messaging as a Platform
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, ...
Majority of European Businesses Now Ready to Take on Commercial RCS Messaging
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 ...
América Movil, AT&T Mexico, OI, Telefónica Brings RCS Messaging to Subscribers in Latin America
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 ...
Huawei Mobile Broadband Forum: Future Networks Showcases the Potential of the 5G Era
Wednesday 6 December, 2017 | 5G Digest | Digest | Latest News
Last month, the GSMA Future Networks Programme attended the 8th Annual Huawei Global Mobile Broadband Forum at the ExCel Centre in London. The two day exhibition featured keynotes, seminars and demonstrations aimed towards more than 1,400 of the industry’s most influential ...
[Partner Blog – Gemalto] Network Slicing: How 5G Can Transform Mobile Security Across Industry by Leveraging Chains of Trust
Monday 4 December, 2017 | 5G Digest | Digest | Latest News
5G is one of the most hotly anticipated network technologies in decades. The GSMA, working with mobile network operators and the wider ecosystem, is accelerating its deployment by helping the industry overcome technical barriers and developing a variety of businesses cases ...
RCS Gets Huge Boost with China Mobile Launch
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 ...
GSMA Publishes New Report on 5G Network Slicing & Business Opportunities
Monday 20 November, 2017 | 5G Digest | Digest | Latest News
The GSMA has issued a new report titled ‘An Introduction to Network Slicing’ that provides a comprehensive overview of how 5G network slicing can be used effectively by businesses, enterprises and consumers to benefit their business. 5G promises to usher in an era of ...
RCS: A Formidable New Entrant to the Market for B2C Campaigns
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.
Telstra Lanches Australia’s First RCS Service
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, ...
GSMA RCS Accreditation Process Gives Market Reassurance
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 ...
GSMA STUDY: 5G TO ACCOUNT FOR A THIRD OF EUROPE’S MOBILE MARKET BY 2025
Tuesday 17 October, 2017 | 5G Digest | Digest | Latest News | Press Release | Press Releases
GSMA Calls For Fresh Regulatory Approach to Deliver Europe’s Gigabit Society Brussels: More than 30 per cent of Europe’s mobile connections will be running on 5G networks by 2025, according to a new GSMA study. The 2017 Europe edition of the GSMA’s Mobile Economy series, ...
Mobile 360 Bogotá: Future Networks and RCS
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 ...
MIDDLE EAST MOBILE OPERATORS WILL BE 5G EARLY ADOPTERS, ACCORDING TO NEW GSMA REPORT
Monday 9 October, 2017 | 5G Digest | Digest | Latest News | Press Release | Press Releases
Adoption of Mobile Across Diverse Region Driving Innovative New Services, Generating Employment and Connecting the Unconnected Dubai: The GSMA today published a new report, titled The Mobile Economy: Middle East and North Africa 2017, highlighting that operators in the ...
GSMA Issues New Report on 5G Slicing
Monday 9 October, 2017 | 5G Digest | Digest | Latest News
The GSMA has issued a new report titled ‘Smart 5G networks: enabled by network slicing and tailored to customers’ needs’ outlining how businesses can benefit from the ability of mobile operators to ‘slice’ their 5G networks to cater to specific requirements. New 5G networks ...