Despite being more than 10 years old, Rich Communication Services, or RCS, will finally come of age in 2019. RCS is the GSMA-backed messaging successor to SMS, enabling new features like group chat, read receipts, is-typing indicators, and media file sharing. 

We are living on the edge of a technological revolution—one that will alter how we live, communicate, and conduct business forever. While we’ve felt disruption before, like the move from analog to digital, the first smartphone, or the launch of the app store, this time of change is distinctive. 

Interop: Competition to be Enabled by Cloud-Based IP Services
The transition to all IP networks is the largest fundamental shift in the industry since the migration from analog to digital. 

With Over-The-Top (OTT) applications like WhatsApp and BlackBerry Messenger posing a significant threat co operators' legacy messaging services, the need for mobile network operators to fight back is essential. But what is the best strategy? 

Network Operators Face growing pressure to maintain average revenue per user (ARPU) in the face of increased data demands and competition from new, “over-the-top” (OTT) service providers such as Skype ad WhatsApp…