RSC could become the successor of current SMS
Several telephone companies in the United States will begin using the Operator Messaging Initiative based on Enriched Communication (RCS) from 2020
US telephony operators AT&T, Verizon, Sprint and T-Mobile created a joint campaign, the Operator Messaging Initiative (CCMI), based on the enriched communication service (RCS), which aims to implement this service as a successor to the SMS on Android devices by 2020.
As Sprint announced this week in a statement, the CCMI was created in order to offer its customers a service that drives a messaging ecosystem between companies and customers capable of offering an improved messaging experience through operators in order to to accelerate the adoption of the RCS and create a network between operators in the United States and around the world.
RCS is a communication protocol developed by the telephone operators that replaces the SMS, and that in addition to including text also allows multimedia elements to be transmitted.
“The CCMI will provide a consistent and engaging experience that facilitates interaction between consumers and businesses in an environment they can trust,” said Sprint president and CEO Michel Combes.
As T-Mobile CEO John Legere explained, “efforts like CCMI help the industry move forward to give customers what they want and be able to launch new messaging capabilities that work between operators and even among countries.”
It is expected that the CCMI service will be available from 2020 for all those Android devices that operate with any of these companies and can be downloaded as an app. They will announce more details related to the service very soon.
K. Tovar
Source: dpa
