Articles tagged with: Rcs
Nokia Dominates Top-10 Handset Sales Chart
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RCS Announces Top-10 Handsets Traded in First Half 2009
Online trader of cellular phones, rcs has announced its trading data for the first half of 2009 for the global open trading market of cellular phones. According to the rankings, listed below, Nokia retained the top three spots with its Smartphones, N95, 5800 and N96 respectively. The Blackberry Bold 9000 took the fourth place, while the Blackberry Javelin Curve 8900 was in sixth place. These placements for Blackberry Smartphones represent a significant increase in demand for RIM's products. more
Related Tags: nokia, blackberry, apple, samsung,sony-ericsson, htc
World's First Rich Communication Suite-based Service Now Live in South Korea
The GSM Associate (GSMA) has announced that the world's first interoperable communication service incorporating key elements of its Rich Communication Suite (rcs) specifications is now a live commercial service in South Korea. The services offered by the three South Korean operators commercialise key features of rcs such as phonebook driven buddy lists, presence capability that includes taglines and status, and voice calls and messaging. more
Related Tags: gsma, rich-communication-suite, kt, -lg-telecom, sk-telecom, presence, Korea South
Bouygues Telecom to Trial Alcatel-Lucent's IMS Platform
France's Bouygues Telecom has contracted with Alcatel-Lucent to deploy an IMS pilot network that enables the operator to test new multimedia communications services that are based on the GSM Association’s “Rich Communication Suite” specifications. The tests will take place during the second half of 2009. more
Related Tags: gsm-association, bouygues-telecom, ims, alcatel-lucent, sfr, gsm, interoperability, France
European Commission Welcoms Romania's Lower Termination Rates
The European Commission says that it has welcomed the Romanian telecoms regulator's move to bring its regulation of mobile termination rates in line with the forthcoming Commission Recommendation. In the meantime, the Commission also called on the regulator to align the mobile termination rates charged by the third and fourth mobile operators in Romania with those allowed for the two largest operators. A letter from The Commission acknowledged the reasonably low level of rates for the two largest operators (5.03 eurocents per minute) and said that in the absence of objective cost differences, this interim rate should also be applied to the other operators as soon as possible. more
Related Tags: orange, sim, european-commission, eu, viviane-reding, edge, vodafone, termination-rates, cosmote, mobile-termination-rates, Romania
IMS equipment market up 94% in 2008, subscribers to triple in 2009
Communications market research firm Infonetics Research says in a report that worldwide sales of IMS (IP multimedia subsystem) equipment, including HSS (home subscriber servers) and CSCF servers, nearly doubled in 2008 over 2007, up 94%. Fixed-line VoIP is remaining the primary application deployed over IMS. more
Related Tags: nokia, eu, voip, huawei, alcatel-lucent, ericsson, infonetics-research, ims
Rich Communication Suite Initiative Gains Momentum
The GSMA has reported significant progress in the Rich Communication Suite (rcs) Initiative, a service providing enriched communication capabilities such as in-call multimedia sharing, conversational messaging and presence-enhanced contact management, all accessible through a user's mobile phone contact list. The initiative has generated considerable momentum across a number of fronts since the GSMA brought rcs into its work programme in September 2008, including the delivery of the rcs Release 1 specification, the addition of new programme participants and the successful completion of interoperability tests. more
Related Tags: orange, nokia, sim, voip, rsa, alcatel-lucent, personal, sfr, instant-messaging, 3, ims, siemens, gsma, rich-communication-suite, nokia-siemens, presence, testing, interoperability
Ericsson to trial rich communication services on Spainish network
Ericsson is to trial multimedia applications based on the Rich Communication Suite standard in cooperation with Spain's Telefónica. This is the world's first live demonstration of interoperable rich communication services. more
Related Tags: sony-ericsson, mms, sms, rsa, ict, ericsson, telefonica, sony, instant-messaging, Spain
Vodafone Interested in Romanian WiMAX Licenses
Romania's new telecoms regulator, ANC has announced that six companies have expressed an interest in the forthcoming award of two WiMAX licenses. The six companies have been named as: Asesoft International, Comcore Management, Cosmote, Media Sat, rcs & RDS and Vodafone Romania. more
Related Tags: wimax, rsa, vodafone, Romania
Rich Communication Suite Will Bolster IMS Deployments
The Rich Communication Suite (rcs), a new initiative of a large group of handset and infrastructure vendors and mobile operators, promises to enhance the ability of wireless and wireline networks to offer interoperable rich communications. It is built on the IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) platform, and should boost IMS deployments significantly. more
Related Tags: sony-ericsson, samsung, rsa, teliasonera, abi-research, ericsson, telefonica, telecom-italia, lte, sony, ims, siemens, rich-communication-suite
