Domestic mobile operators intend to produce its own equivalent of the legendary messenger Skype. Russian analogue of the legendary instant messengers will allow you to make calls and exchange text news free of charge.

1 of the biggest mobile operators in Russia have stated about the beginning of the test fresh Rich Communication Suite (RCS), which will allow you to make calls and exchange text news over the Internet. Subscribers will be able to make use of this standard by the end of June 2015 and initially it will be available exclusively in Moscow. Make calls and send news within MTS network will be free of charge, and send to the subscribers of other operators will be charged as the same as ordinary calls and SMS, notify the company's representative Dmitry Solodovnikov. Investments in new service exceeded 100 million rubles..

Users will get a new relationship in the form of RCS application that can be downloaded on phones running Android and iOS. On many machines RCS installed by the manufacturers default. This model brands such as Samsung, HTC,Microsoft, Sony, and LG. A similar standard is being developed since 2008 now tested networks Germany T-Mobile and Vodafone, Vodafone, Movistar and Orange Spain, Orange in France and Sprint and MetroPCS in the US.

Worldwide, several million devices with support for RCS, quoted by Vedomosti Solodovnikov. 1 of the goals of the launch similar links to return to the network at least some users who have switched to communicate with the help of foreign online services like Skype and Viber. VimpelCom (Beeline) still analyzes the necessity of launching RCS, and Yota already finished testing this stereotype. But while in no hurry to implement it, because he believes that there is not yet enough devices that support it.
sections: Hi-Tech