Media and News
July 2010
French Operators announce successful experiences from the world's first interconnected RCS trial
The three operators involved in the Market Trial summed up their experiences from the pilot thus far in a short statement: "Bouygues Telecom, Orange and SFR, are proud to announce that they have successfully launched the world's first RCS interconnected trial. The trial began on May 26th and continued until early July. Around 300 customers were involved in the trial, connected together within groups of various 'tribes' representing a wide range of segments: age groups from 15 to 45, postpaid and prepaid users, Social Network users or not.
The trial's objectives are as follows:
- Create and test the RCS ecosystem required to prepare for interoperable commercial RCS services
- Test the consumers' appetite for RCS services
- Validate the technical end to end architecture and the interconnection solution
This successful launch is another opportunity for Bouygues Telecom, Orange and SFR to show that French operators have strongly committed to the RCS initiative from the very beginning."
Press Releases 2009
GSMA Announces Release 2 Service Specification for Rich Communication Suite and launches RCS DevChallenge competition to spur the creation of future RCS-based services
21 September 2009, London, UK:
The GSMA, which represents the interests of the mobile communications industry, today announced the release of the next set of Rich Communication Suite (RCS) service specifications, RCS Release 2. The GSMA has also launched the RCS DevChallenge, a competition for developers that will encourage new and innovative ideas for future RCS-based services.
The GSMA’s RCS Initiative provides operators with a feature-rich portfolio of interoperable communication services that they can offer to their customers, and this latest specification includes key enhancements to the core feature set included in RCS Release 1, such as a broadband access client and support for a multi-device environment. View full version
KT, SK Telecom and LG Telecom join forces to provide new enhanced services for customers incorporating GSMA’s Rich Communication Suite key features
30th June 2009, London:
The GSMA today announced that the world’s first interoperable enhanced communication service incorporating key elements of the GSMA’s Rich Communication Suite (RCS) specifications is now a live commercial service in South Korea. The GSMA’s RCS initiative is supported by some of the world’s leading handset vendors, core network vendors and mobile operators including KT, and SK Telecom, who joined the initiative to provide an interoperable service solution in South Korea. View full version.
Rich Communication Suite Initiative Gains Momentum
17 February 2009, Barcelona:
The GSMA today reported significant progress in the Rich Communication Suite (RCS) Initiative, a service providing interoperable, 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. View full version.
RCS>Live at the Mobile World Congress, Barcelona, 2009
The ‘RCS>Live’ seminar during the Mobile World Congress created quite a buzz with over two hours of full-on action. This took the format of a live TV show, watched by an average audience size of over 300 people.
The show included specially filmed videos, interviews (hosted by ex-BBC TV “Tomorrow’s World” presenter Howard Stableford) and live demonstrations of RCS services including image and video sharing in-call. Alongside this an unprecedented speaker line up of CTOs and Senior Officers from Orange, TeliaSonera, Ericsson, Nokia Siemens Networks, Alcatel-Lucent, Nokia and the GSMA’s Alex Sinclair were present who shared their latest views and opinions on this exciting package of rich communications.
Videos from RCS>Live at the 2009 Mobile World Congress are all available on a dedicated page. Click here.
