Vodafone invested quite heavily in it however RCS is such a massive failure globally it didn't even make it beyond the trial phase. All 3 networks were going to be onboard.

Considering networks that did have it have dumped it I can't see why they'd bother looking at it again. OTA has killed it.

sbiddle:

Vodafone invested quite heavily in it however RCS is such a massive failure globally it didn't even make it beyond the trial phase.

 

d3Xt3r:

sbiddle:

 

Vodafone invested quite heavily in it however RCS is such a massive failure globally it didn't even make it beyond the trial phase.

 

 

 

 

 

How is it a "massive failure globally", when they only just launched it today (globally)?

RCS isn't new, the first carriers to launch it did so around 5-6 years ago.

Vodafone called it Joyn and launched it across a number of their EU networks in 2012. Others have had their own names for the product.

RCS bombed out as above with the 3 NZ mobile carriers putting money into it FAIL! Plug pulled Whatsapp and other messaging Apps already dominate the market

Linux

The press release does mention Vodafone so I guess we shall see what happens.

sbiddle:

 

Vodafone invested quite heavily in it however RCS is such a massive failure globally it didn't even make it beyond the trial phase. All 3 networks were going to be onboard.

 

Considering networks that did have it have dumped it I can't see why they'd bother looking at it again. OTA has killed it.

 

 

What's OTA in this context?

Linux: RCS bombed out as above with the 3 NZ mobile carriers putting money into it FAIL! Plug pulled[.] Whatsapp and other messaging Apps already dominate the market

Vodafone NZ still have RCS support with their Message+ app (http://www.vodafone.co.nz/vodafone-message-plus/). Whether their RCS implementation is compatible with the universal profile Google are pushing is another thing.

gzt:

Linux: RCS bombed out as above with the 3 NZ mobile carriers putting money into it FAIL! Plug pulled[.] Whatsapp and other messaging Apps already dominate the market

They do. That said,, I think it's pathetic that in 2017 you can walk into a shop and buy any two phones, and they cannot make a video call to each other out of the box.

But 10 years ago you could. 3GPP video calling support doesn't exist in many newer handsets quite simply because nobody cared about video calling then, and even fewer care about it now.

muppet:

 

sbiddle:

 

Vodafone invested quite heavily in it however RCS is such a massive failure globally it didn't even make it beyond the trial phase. All 3 networks were going to be onboard.

 

Considering networks that did have it have dumped it I can't see why they'd bother looking at it again. OTA has killed it.

 

 

 

What's OTA in this context?

 

Oops meant OTT

sbiddle:

gzt:

Linux: RCS bombed out as above with the 3 NZ mobile carriers putting money into it FAIL! Plug pulled[.] Whatsapp and other messaging Apps already dominate the market

They do. That said,, I think it's pathetic that in 2017 you can walk into a shop and buy any two phones, and they cannot make a video call to each other out of the box.

But 10 years ago you could. 3GPP video calling support doesn't exist in many newer handsets quite simply because nobody cared about video calling then, and even fewer care about it now.

Here's a brilliant summary of RCS by Dean Bubley

http://disruptivewireless.blogspot.co.nz/2017/02/telcos-oems-you-should-ignore-gsmas.html