What is CCMI messaging?

A year and a half ago, the cellular carriers created the “Cross-Carrier Messaging Initiative (CCMI),” a joint venture between AT, Sprint, T-Mobile, and Verizon that would roll out enhanced messaging to the masses in 2020.

What is SAP RCS?

Drive a robust business-to-consumer messaging ecosystem and accelerate the adoption of Rich Communications Services (RCS) Enable an enhanced experience to privately send individual or group chats across carriers with high quality pictures and videos.

Is Tmobile and Sprint a joint venture?

AT, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon have created a joint venture to deliver a Cross Carrier Messaging Initiative (CCMI), a next generation of messaging service to consumers and businesses. Drive a robust business-to-consumer messaging ecosystem and accelerate the adoption of Rich Communications Services (RCS)

Does Sprint support RCS messaging?

Sprint. Sprint was the first US carrier to implement the RCS Universal Profile. Since this is a true Universal Profile implementation, all Sprint Android-powered devices are able to use RCS messaging to communicate with both Sprint customers and those on other carriers around the world which support the feature.

What is the difference between RCS and SMS?

RCS is short for “Rich Communication Suite,” and it’s essentially an upgraded version of the SMS texting standard we’ve had since the 1980s. RCS looks and functions a lot like the texting you’ve had for years, but it throws in a few extra features to make the whole experience that much better.

Does T-Mobile use Sprint towers?

T-Mobile is building a 5G network that uses Sprint spectrum and towers, and it is aiming to shift Sprint customers to the T-Mobile network instead of the Sprint network. In addition to shutting down the Sprint LTE network, T-Mobile plans to deactivate Sprint’s 3G CDMA network on January 1, 2022.

What carriers support RCS?

Verizon today announced that it is planning to adopt Messages by Google as its default messaging service on Android devices, joining AT and T-Mobile. That means all three major carriers in the United States will support the RCS standard on Android devices as of 2022.

How can you tell if someone read your text on Android?

Read Receipts on Android Smartphones

1. From the text messaging app, open Settings.
2. Go to Chat features, Text Messages, or Conversations.
3. Turn on (or turn off) the Read Receipts, Send Read Receipts, or Request Receipt toggle switches, depending on your phone and what you want to do.