RCS
Published September 2024
RCS (Rich Communication Service) is the rich messaging platform provided by Google for mobile operators for Android devices, RBM is the business messaging element. From September 2024, it will be available over iPhones/iOS, paving the way for a huge shift in the business messaging landscape.
Given this shift, our data includes two forecast scenarios to future-proof your RCS strategy; Android-only RBM future, and Android + Apple iOS future. A total of over 6 million datapoints.
You get detailed country-level RCS/RBM data for 200 markets, plus our 75-page RCS market report exploring trends and insights, and analysis of the key markets which will accelerate growth globally from 2024 onwards.
A 12 month RCS intelligence subscription costs £4,990 and includes:
- online access to 6 million searchable datapoints with country-level data for 200 markets
- RCS market view 2018-2028 (actual data 2018-2023 / 5-year forecasts 2024-2028)
- 2 alternative forecast scenarios modelled
- executive market summary
- 75-page interactive market insight report, with 150,000 accessible chart data points
- annual data updates
- 10 x user licences
Or you can buy the RCS market report only for £2,500
FAQs
We conduct in-depth business messaging market research, interviewing around 300 companies annually across the messaging ecosystem. We also run surveys on key topics and collaborate with mobile operators who share anonymised mobile insight data.
Our work with key trade bodies and industry forums keeps us ahead of developments. Combining diverse source insights with annual findings over the last ten years has led to the Messageverse—a data universe of over 70 million data points that our customers can access freely.
Our research spans 200 countries worldwide, providing forecast and actual data for each country.
We publish market analyst and data reports on A2P SMS, WhatsApp, CPaaS, RCS/RBM, and data soley for Facebook and Viber. Our messaging market reports cover topics like AIT, OTP, and A2P SMS fraud. View examples of our reports here.
Access our research through an annual subscription for in-depth intelligence by channel, as a snapshot country-specific data report, or as bespoke intelligence, like whitepapers or workshops.