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Rich Communication Suite (RCS)

RCS @ Mobile World Congress 2010

Mobile World Congress 2010 in Barcelona was the place where operators, vendors, and application developers converged to review key milestones achieved, and outline future RCS strategies. A range of different activities were delivered across the four days of Mobile World Congress to demonstrate progress made in key initiatives:

App Garage

The App Garage, located on Stand 7APG in Hall 7, was the central point for the GSMA’s app-related programmes and initiatives. It proved a great place to mingle with industry peers to explore new business and service opportunities. App Garage featured a number of RCS initiatives:

  • RCS Dev Challenge: Here we showcased the winners and a selection of entries from the GSMA’s recent developer contest. The following developers were shortlisted in each category:
    • Ecrio, Neusoft Mobile Solutions and Nokia were shortlisted for Best RCS Client (Mobile Solution).  The award was presented to Ecrio for their RCS4me application.
    • Devstrom, Ecrio and Movial Applications Oy were shortlisted for Best RCS Client (PC Solution). The award was presented to Movial for their Movial Communicator.
    • Colibria, Genaker and Hewlett-Packard were shortlisted for Best RCS Innovation. The award was presented to Genaker for their Meet me at RCS solution.
    • Comneon GmbH were awarded a Judge’s Special Mention.

    For more information on the winning entries please visit the RCS DevChallenge website

  • RCS Project Team: Visitors were able to meet with fellow operators to learn about the recent pre-commercial trials, and discuss how to set up interoperable trials in their countries.
  • App Garage Seminar Theatre: Demonstrations and 30 minute master class presentations from RCS operators, infrastructure providers and DevChallenge entrants.

The Rich Communication Suite Seminar

Presented at 13:30 on Wednesday 17th February in the main Seminar Theatre, Stand 7SEM, Hall 7

RCS lets operators leverage a key asset – a user’s presence-enabled address phone book – for business growth. C-Level operators and RCS industry representatives shared their reasons for investing in RCS, provided pre-commercial pilot updates, and outlined future developments.

Slides from the seminar can be accessed here

Explore the RCS Ecosystem

A range of mobile infrastructure and solutions providers showcased RCS deployments on their own stands during Mobile World Congress. Please ensure you visit the following members of the RCS community:

  • Acme Packet , the leader in session border control, located in Suite AV80, provided live demonstrations of videoshare and mediacast with partner Aylus Networks. Further RCS solution details are available at http://www.acmepacket.com/sipo3g

  • Alcatel-Lucent featured RCS content in two locations: Stand 7D61 in Hall 7 and stand 8A147 in Hall 8. Live demonstrations were provided on all 4 days. Further details are available from http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/features/rich_communication/comm_no_barriers.html

  • Aylus Networks™ ( http://www.aylus.com/), invited you to discover how mobile broadband solutions can help manage your wireless network bandwidth explosion and offer new session-based multimedia services, including RCS content sharing , in meeting room, 4.6HS07

  • Ericsson showed the latest version of their RCS solution in Hall 6. This live demo delivers the core features of GSMA RCS, and showed how RCS can become a central element in enabling consumers to share experiences and interact with Social Networks. For more details please visit http://www.ericsson.com/rcs

  • Gemalto, located on Stand 8A102, demonstrated its new  Mobile Broadband PC client that gathers all RCS functionality expected by the operators, including VoIP, send SMS, send MMS, IM, video call, and document sharing.

  • Nokia Siemens Networks presented RCS products and services from Stand 8C01 in Hall 8. Come and see how to transform CSPs from service providers into experience providers with RCS. Additional information is available at http://www.nokiasiemensnetworks.com/rcs

  • Solaiemes (Hall 7, pod IZ12) introduced their RCSGW and RCS TV widget.  Attract developers since the early launch, with your choice of servers and clients. Minimum investment, low risk to test different business models. More info at  http://tinyurl.com/sol-rcsgw

Watch the RCS DevChallenge video below:

 

 




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