The strategic move for operators to secure the future
Latest News
- NewPace’s rcsCloudConnect, a hosted RCS solution, is now powering Kineto’s Smart Comms Application.
- The joyn Innovation Challenge is now closed, here are the entries short-listed for the judging event
- The three South Korean operators, LG U+, KT and SK Telecom, have launched joyn.
- Jibe Mobile lands funding to build the “Next Global Communications Network”
- Kobus Smit, RCS Chair Leadership Team, Deutsche Telekom will speak at the ‘Devices: MWC Round-up and a Look to the Future’ Conference on Thursday 28th February 2013 in Barcelona
- GSMA awarded full accreditation to joyn hot fixes to LG-E, Sony Mobile and WIT Software
- Spanish Mobile Operators Launch Nationwide joyn Services
- MetroPCS Takes Consumer Mobile Experience to New Levels as the First 4GLTE Mobile Service Provider in the World to Deploy Rich Communication Services.
- RCS 5.1 UNI specification documents have been reviewed, approved and published.
- Huawei U8815 Asura and Nokia Windows 8 Phones are now accredited
- Newpace and Solaiemes partners of the joyn Innovation Accelerator
- First RCS-e client for Apple iPhones now accredited
Bring the power of Rich Communications to your consumers
RCS (Rich Communication Services) is changing the way people communicate. It delivers an experience beyond voice and SMS by providing them with instant messaging or chat, live video and file sharing across any device, on any network, with all the 
enabled contacts in their address book. RCS taps into how your consumers are already sharing their daily experiences with each other.
Don’t lose out to OTT – stay competitive and innovate with APIs
Your consumers are hungry for access to the entertainment and interaction offered by RCS-based apps. Agile and innovative, Over The Top (OTT) providers are exploiting the massive penetration of Smartphones by developing appealing rich communication apps available at little or no cost to the consumer.
Research conducted by one operator discovered a direct link between the penetration rate of cross-platform messaging services and the reduction of outgoing SMS traffic. Without RCS, the decline of voice messaging is likely to be next, as consumers increasingly engage with alternative IP based voice solutions.
Once consumers start using an OTT app service, that offering becomes, for them, the lead brand for communications services. Operators remain more competitive by responding more rapidly to consumers’ expectations and behaviour, and by using RCS to enhance the value of their network and bring richer calls to their consumers.
Seize the opportunity
The GSMA has established a market-leading Rich Communication Service that is interoperable across all operators. is available now and offers richer yet simpler communication services. It is supported by a strong ecosystem: new mobile devices from the top Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) supplied with native clients; downloadable apps and a variety of architecture implementation options.
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