Articles tagged with: Rcs

Mobile Operators Frustrated with RCS Delays

­Even though Mobile Operators are engaged with rcs and committed to launching the services, the vast majority of Mobile Operators are frustrated with the delays, according to a Yankee Group survey that was commissioned by Openmind.  more

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Zain to Test Joyn RCS Based Services in Kuwait

­Zain has announced that it is to carry out trials of the Rich Communications Services (rcs) based Joyn platform, initially in Kuwait, with other countries to follow later.  more

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Spanish Mobile Operators Launch Nationwide joyn Services

­Spain's three largest mobile networks, Movistar, Orange and Vodafone have launched Rich Communication Services (rcs) through the consumer-facing brand joyn to their customers. With this launch, Spain becomes the first country in the world to offer a fully interoperable rich communications solution across multiple networks.  more

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80bn New Rich Mobile Messages to be Sent Annually by 2017

­A new report from analyst firm Juniper Research forecasts that new "Rich Communication Suite" (rcs) mobile messages will generate 83 billion messages per annum in five years' time. However, the report notes that this will be less than 1% of total messaging traffic in 2017, with older services like SMS, and already-established IP services such as IM, email and social messaging comprising the bulk of the remainder. rcs messages include joyn-branded rcs-e and rcs services.  more

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Maximising Mobile Messaging: A New Age and Opportunity for Mobile Operators

­Mobile network operators are presented with a major opportunity to enrich the mobile messaging experience and enhance applications and services in the 'smart' device world, according to Acision. By enabling seamless messaging across all networks, devices, social networks and communities, operators can boost loyalty, retention and revenue.  more

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GSMA-Led Rich Communications Suite May be too Little too Late, Says Movius

­Despite positive work in thwarting the demise of SMS revenues by the GSMA-led Rich Communications Suite (rcs), value-added communication company Movius believes it should go further and enable interaction with existing OTT networks.  more

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Mobile Operators Show Increased Momentum In Rich Communications

­The GSMA has announced significant advancements in Rich Communications, including updates on launches by mobile network operators, device availability, a new global specification and the creation of a new consumer facing-brandname.  more

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Acision Announces Seamless RCS-e Broadband Messaging

­Acision today announced the availability of its complete Rich Communication Suite-enhanced (rcs-e) implementation. Acision added that it has also contracted a commercial deployment of its rcs-e solution with an unnamed mobile operator, serving over 50 million subscribers.  more

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15 million Rich Communication Suite (RCS) subscribers by 2013

­A forecast by Infonetics Research says that there will be 15 million rcs, rcs-e, and rcs-like service subscribers by 2013, with the majority in Asia and Western Europe  more

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Mobile Operators View LTE as Opportunity to Deliver New Enterprise, Consumer Services

­More than 42 percent of mobile network operators (MNOs) are currently deploying or trialling LTE, and an additional 34.2 percent plan LTE network rollouts in the future, according to a study released by BroadSoft.  more

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