Keyword: RCS

Verizon will launch a new messaging service that will change how the operator handles application-to-person messaging.

The RCS standard took another step forward last week as a number of companies announced support for the GSMA’s advanced messaging standard.

The RCS market in the United States appeared to receive a slight boost as Mavenir announced a new business messaging partner program.

Here are the other stories we’re following today.

Verizon appears to be the only operator that is not supporting the GSMA’s RCS.

Sprint and Google announced the results of their launch of Rich Communication Service-based messaging offerings.

With all the pre-MWC talk about 5G and IoT, I’m going to raise a topic that few of us have probably thought about in years: number portability. You might be yawning already. But it’s worth reading on.

Google’s alternative to SMS took a significant step forward with the new backing of some powerful carriers.

Sprint has partnered with Google to launch RCS in what may prove to be an important win for a standardized platform that has yet to gain much traction.