The GSMA announces the latest RCS standard supports interoperable E2EE between platforms; Apple says it will add support for the standard in future OS updates
iPhones will soon get encrypted RCS messaging to Androids Matt Milano / WebProNews : Encrypted RCS Coming to iOS and Android Andrew Cunningham / Ars Technica : RCS texting updates will bring end-to-en...
The GSMA announces the new RCS standard supports interoperable E2EE between platforms; Apple says it will add support for the standard in a future update
'We will add support for end-to-end encrypted RCS messages to iOS, iPadOS, macOS, and watchOS in future software updates.'
A look at Alibaba's plans to expand into South Asia as its Chinese operations sputter, including through its Daraz unit in Pakistan, acquired for $194M in 2018
Financial Times : Tweets: @rencapman , @dreyerchina , and @b_parkyn Tweets: Charlie Robertson / @rencapman : South Asia smartphone penetration forecast to boom - Bangladesh from 41% to 62% 2020-25, P...
GSMA says Mobile World Congress Barcelona will go ahead in June, with plans for up to 50,000 in-person attendees
Exceptional times call for exceptional safety measures. Christopher Baugh / iPhone in Canada Blog : MWC Barcelona Conference Planning for 50,000 Attendees, Reveals Health and Safety Plan Scott Bicheno...
GSMA says Mobile World Congress Barcelona will go ahead in June, with plans for up to 50,000 in-person attendees
- MWC Barcelona is industry body's main source of revenue — Gathering was among first major Covid-related cancelations — The global mobile industry is planning …
Local operators and companies like Google and Facebook scramble to upgrade digital infrastructure in Africa, home to less than 1% of global data center capacity
Joseph Cotterill / Financial Times : Tweets: @trafficbutter and @sub8u Tweets: @trafficbutter : VIA @GWarrander: https://www.ft.com/... According to GSMA forecasts, average African mobile data traffi...
GSMA says it has canceled Mobile World Congress after the coronavirus made it “impossible” to hold the event
MWC 2020 is no more — The world's biggest phone show, Mobile World Congress, is no longer taking place this year. After coronavirus threatened to throw MWC into chaos …
MWC bans visitors from China's Hubei province and will require those who have been to China prove they were outside the country for 14 days before the event
A couple of weeks out, Mobile World Congress organizer, the GSMA, has issued some fairly sweeping safeguards over growing concerns around the coronavirus.
DOJ closes the investigation into the alleged collusion among AT&T, Verizon, and GSMA to impede eSIM features
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FCC passes controversial rules classifying text messages as an information service, boosting carriers' power to curb spam
The FCC has given mobile operators … Evan Selleck / iPhone Hacks : FCC Votes to Classify Text Messages as Information Service, Gives Carriers More Power David Shepardson / Reuters : FCC affirms that w...