RCS is a GSMA standard to enhance mobile messaging and services. It will allow users to see presence status, share multimedia like images and video, and communicate across devices through a single contacts list. Operators can offer these rich features using existing IMS networks. RCS aims to shift users from standalone apps to an integrated experience. Colibria's SIP products support key RCS functions like instant messaging, presence, and file transfer and can help operators deploy RCS services.

1. Rich Communication Suite overview
Colibria, June 2009

2. Agenda
About RCS
About RCS RCS & Colibria
RCS & Colibria
• RCS overview • RCS implementation
• The rich communication
The rich communication • Social Network Gateway
Social Network Gateway
landscape • RCS migration path from IMPS
• RCS objectives
• Core feature set:
– Enhanced Phonebook
– Enhanced Messaging
Enhanced Messaging
– Enriched Call
• Broadband & multi device access
• Provisioning & configuration
• Clients

3. RCS overview
• Global collaboration run by GSMA
Global collaboration run by GSMA
• 70 members including 19 operators
– Also some silent members
Also some silent members
• Based on IMS
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• Initial deployments late 2009 (Europe
followed by global)
• 1.3 million subscribers forecast by
2010 in EMEA and Asia Pacific regions*
• RCS 1.0 specification package released
December 2008
December 2008
• Regular releases every 6 months
*Infonetics Research, RCS Market Outlook Annual Worldwide and Regional Market Forecasts May 2009

4. The rich communication landscape
• New services and applications
have introduced a richer
communication experience
communication experience
outside the operator
environment
• Consumers increasingly expect
these rich capabilities on mobile
as well as PC
as well as PC
• No integration with user’s phone
book
• Diverged access creates a barrier
to discovery of new services

5. RCS objectives
• Use existing standards
• Increase the attractiveness of operator
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service offering by integrating social
presence and capability information
– Users see service capabilities and
Users see service capabilities and
communication methods available
• Establish services based around MSISDN
and operator networks
and operator networks
– For example messaging based on
MSISDN not plaform (MSN etc)
• Flexibility to gradually deploy new
Flexibility to gradually deploy new
communication services by exposing
service capabilities
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Shift from single‐purpose vertical
applications (e.g. video share, IM)
– integrated, multi‐functional framework
based around address book
• Integrate communication
– Mobile to Mobile and Mobile to PC

6. RCS core feature set
PC/mobile
interworking
Enhanced Phonebook
Enhanced Phonebook Enhanced Messaging
Enhanced Messaging Enriched Call
Enriched Call
• Presence • Multimedia messaging • Video share
• Service capability discovery • Chat • Image share
• Network Address Book • File transfer Auto‐provisioning

7. Enhanced Phonebook
• Presence‐enhanced contacts
Presence‐enhanced contacts
• Social Presence Attributes:
1. Hyper‐availability – ‘contact me’ status or global poke
2. Portrait icon
3. Free text, including textual note and possibility to add
emoticons
4. Favorite link
Favorite link
5. Timestamp
• All available communication types can be
initiated from the phonebook
initiated from the phonebook OMA DS Solution
• User can continue to use legacy contacts in
the phonebook (name/MSISDN pairs)
the phonebook (name/MSISDN pairs) Colibria SIP
SIP
Presence Server
• Backup and sync of contact info
• Search and retrieve contacts from the mobile
Colibria XDMS
network or other fixed network directories

8. Enhanced Messaging
• All available communication options displayed
All available communication options displayed
in conversational view (SMS, IM, voice call,
video call)
• SMS/MMS and chat are discrete services
• Conversational messaging:
• Full threaded communication history
• Unified composer for SMS/MMS
• SMS Mobile <‐> PC / Netbook
/
• Chat
• One to one or Group Chat
Colibria SIP
• Typing alerts IM Server
• Chat Mobile <‐> PC / Netbook
• Fil t
File transfer in or out of session
f i t f i Emerging need for
Emerging need for
network MSRP node

9. Enriched Call
• Available multimedia sharing options displayed
Available multimedia sharing options displayed
to commicating parties
• Image Sharing
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– (Based on Image Share Interoperability
Specification – GSMA IR.79): MSRP
• Video Sharing
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– (Based on Video Share Interoperability
Specification – GSMA IR.74): RTP
GSMA IR.74): RTP
• Requires no application‐level support
• MSRP and RTP Proxy potentially needed where
– User is behind firewall on PC
– Between operators
Emerging need for
Emerging need for
network MSRP node

10. Broadband and multi device access
• Voice • Respond to a call/message with
• In‐call video/image sharing most suitable device
• File transfer at any time
File transfer at any time • Single buddy list
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• Session based chat, 1:1 and group • Single presence information
chat updatable from any device
• Sending of SMS from broadband
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device (no MMS or received SMS) definable
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11. Provisioning & configuration
• Guiding principle that user should not have to ‘configure’ RCS
• Provisioning hidden from user
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• No configuration required
• Phone registers with network and services ‘out of the box’
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12. Clients
Clients being developed in many areas
Clients being developed in many areas
• Handset manufacturers
embedding RCS clients (Nokia,
Sony Ericsson , Samsung etc.)
Sony Ericsson Samsung etc )
• Client vendors building for
• PC
• Mobile deployment for
existing handsets
• Standard platform does not preclude
innovation
– Access of applications within
operator domain
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– Application and other community
access also tabled for R3.0
onwards

13. Colibria and RCS
• RCS is a key driver for Colibria’s market leading
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SIP product suite
• Colibria’s SIP IM, SIP Presence and XDMS are key
enablers for RCS
enablers for RCS
• Colibria are actively partnering with operators
and vendors to drive the realisation of RCS
– IMS Vendors
IMS Vendors Colibria SIP
– Client vendors Presence Server
– Messaging & Hub providers
• C lib i
Colibria understand the practicalities of today
d t d th ti liti ft d Colibria SIP Instant
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Messaging Server
(mass market IMPS mobile and PC) and the
opportunities (SIP‐based new generation clients
for RCS)
for RCS) Colibria XDMS
• Colibria are the chosen exclusive SIP/SIMPLE IM,
Presence & XDMS vendor partner for Nokia
Siemens Networks
Siemens Networks Colibria MSRP
node
MSRP

14. Conclusions
• RCS provides an interoperable IMS‐
RCS provides an interoperable, IMS
based environment allowing
operators to deploy new services
• Core feature set underpinned by
SIP/SIMPLE IM and Presence
technologies
• Colibria’s full convergence portfolio
fits with RCS vision for the evolution
of converged communications
• Colibria products are OMA compliant
• RCS likely to become a community
integration point around users
identity.
identity