MetroPCS launches Rich Communications Services standard on LTE

[Thomas L.]

I thought this was interesting, does anyone know if Sprint has any intention of implementing the RCS standard on their LTE network as well?

 

http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/31/metropcs-launches-the-first-rich-communication-services-lte-support/

[S4GRU]

I thought this was interesting' date=' does anyone know if Sprint has any intention of implementing the RCS standard on their LTE network as well?

 

http://www.engadget.com/2012/10/31/metropcs-launches-the-first-rich-communication-services-lte-support/

 

I must be getting old. I read the article and I don't get it. What does it do? It sounds like it is redundant and not innovative at all. Am I missing something?

 

Robert via Nexus 7 using Forum Runner

[Rawvega]

I read the article and even watched the Youtube video with that horrible song and I must agree with Robert. I didn't see anything particularly innovative and groundbreaking there. Perhaps it'll be a big deal to MetroPCS customers though since they largely skipped over EVDO causing the majority of their network to be stuck on 1x until they started deploying LTE.

[Thomas L.]

I must be getting old. I read the article and I don't get it. What does it do? It sounds like it is redundant and not innovative at all. Am I missing something?

 

Robert via Nexus 7 using Forum Runner

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rich_Communication_Services

 

It's an international GSMA accredited standard that is looking to make the following things interoperable like SMS and MMS:

 

• Standalone Messaging
  
• 1-2-1 Chat
  
• Group Chat
  
• File Transfer
  
• Content Sharing
  
• Social Presence Information
  
• IP Voice call
  
• Best Effort Video call
  
• Geolocation Exchange
  
• Network based blacklist
  
• Capability Exchange based on Presence or SIP OPTIONS