Status
The Rich Communication Suite (RCS) industry initiative was formed by a group of leading industry players in 2007. In February 2008 the GSMA officially became the project ‘home’ of RCS and an RCS Steering Committee was established by the organisation.
The scope of the RCS Steering Committee’s work was to entail the definition, testing and integration of the diverse services in the application suite known as RCS. Some three years later, the RCS project released a new specification – RCS-e (e = ‘enhanced’) as well as the various iterations of the original RCS specifications and the programme is now called Rich Communication Services.
Rich Communication Services (RCS), which provide Mobile Network Operators (MNOs) with a means of transitioning voice and messaging services into an all-IP and LTE world, has gathered significant pace in America, Asia and Europe. Carriers from the around the globe supporting the RCS standard include AT&T, Bell Mobility, Bharti Airtel, Deutsche Telekom, KPN, KT Corporation, LG Uplus (LGU+), Orange, Orascom Telecom, Rogers Communications, SFR, SK Telecom, Telecom Italia, Telefónica, TeliaSonera, Telus, Verizon and Vodafone.
RCS LAUNCHES
Vodafone Spain launched the beta version of RCS, branded joyn™, in the beginning of 2012, followed by Movistar (Telefonica) in June 2012 and Orange Spain in November 2012.
Vodafone Germany also launched RCS services under the brand joyn in August 2012, followed by Deutsche Telekom in February 2013.
MetroPCS launched joyn™ branded RCS in the United States in November 2012.
SK Telecom, KT and LG U+ launched joyn services in South Korea on December 2012.
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