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More than a decade of Rich Communication Services, RCS Universal Profile and IMS innovation, from the first operator launches to AI-powered experiences at the 5G edge.

2026

AI + EDGE

Summit at MWC26

AI inference, MCP, edge computing and network APIs with Intel, Cisco, Nokia, Ericsson and Red Hat.

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2025

INTELLIGENT COMMUNICATIONS

Edge compute and telecom Network APIs

Private 5G, AI, immersive streaming and cloud-native workloads on Red Hat OpenShift.

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2024

LIVE CARRIER NETWORKS

Quality-on-demand, Number Verification and SIM Swap

Live demonstrations with Orange, Microsoft, AWS and Claro using standardized CAMARA APIs.

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2023

CROSS-CARRIER MEC

Immersive experiences across networks and continents

Odience live demonstrations with Bridge Alliance, Singtel, AIS Thailand, KT and the 5G Future Forum.

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2021–22

5G RCS

RCS, bots, XR and MEC converge

New communication experiences move into 5G, cloud and mobile edge environments.

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2019

ACCREDITATION

Universal Profile 2.0 A2P accreditation

GSMA Future Networks awarded Summit RCS Client full accreditation for the UP 2.0 A2P Basic module and RCS Business Messaging.

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2017

WORLD FIRST

RCS Universal Profile client and network milestones

Summit attained accreditation for a Universal Profile CPM client while its IMS/RCS Cloud powered an accredited network.

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2016

IMMERSIVE COMMUNICATION

VR calling over IMS

Summit demonstrated real-time 360-degree video calling and RCS value-added services at Mobile World Congress.

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2014–15

MULTI-DEVICE DEPLOYMENT

IMS and RCS across an unusually diverse device set

Summit was selected for operator IMS/RCS clients and auto-configuration across iPhone, iPad, Android, Windows and macOS.

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2012

THE BEGINNING

One of the world’s first operator RCS launches

Summit became the first RCS-e and RCS 5 client vendor launched with multiple operators across continents, including Vodafone and MetroPCS.

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Complete news archive

Explore the full journey.

Original articles, demonstrations, research, accreditations and Rich Communication Services product milestones from across Summit’s communication ecosystem.

2012 to 2017 Campaign archive

The Ads: Down Memory Lane.

A visual record of Summit’s campaigns as RCS moved from early operator launches to Universal Profile, bots, IoT and immersive calling.

March 2017Imaginative IMS & RCS innovation

Summit @ MWC 2017. Imaginative IMS & RCS innovation from RCS Business Messaging to RCS VR calling, connected car to home automation including NB-IoT and Cat M1. Read more

September 2016Advanced communication at CTIA

Summit @ CTIA 2016. Advanced Communication featuring RCS Messaging-as-a-platform (MaaP) with RCS Business Messaging for Cellular IoT, Connected Car and Virtual Reality Calling with support for VoLTE and ViLTE. Read more

Summit RCS virtual reality calling press campaign

September 2016RCS virtual reality calling in the news

Summit RCS Virtual Reality Calling @MWC16 featured by @Reuters, @CNET & others. Read more

September 2015IMS Synchronicity

It’s been an exciting journey, from the early days of innovation to this moment in time, when technology's only limitation is our imagination. Read more

June 2015From the basics to the amazing

From the Basics to the Amazing - The IMS of Things enabling Enriched Calling, RCS plus & Connected Living Read more

Innovative IMS solutions and VR calling campaign

March 2015Innovative IMS solutions designed to amaze

Imagine the experiences next gen immersive services can unlock by leveraging IMS & RCS capabilities in delivering QoS & interoperability with VR 360 degree Video Call. Read more

IMS will turn network services upside down campaign

September 2014Turn network services upside down

The Summit multi-platform RCS & VoLTE, alongside our suite of innovative IMS services will revolutionize & transform your view of next generation telecom services. Read more

One hundred little big things in RCS campaign

November 2013Don’t fall behind the competition

From supporting virtually all platforms (Android, iOS, Windows, OSX, QNX etc) and form factors, we take it one step further and add on hundreds of extra RCS features! Read more

October 2013RCS on iOS 7

RCS on iOS 7. Improved User-experience. Advanced Media Engine. Blackbird & RCS 5.1 Support. Stickers, Audio Notes & much more Read more

July 2013Inspire network evolution

Summit's latest RCS clients offer hundreds of improvements & refinements ranging from enhanced voice & video calling quality rivaling the best the industry offers,... Read more

April 2013joyn Blackbird HomeScreen

Quick access to a totally new and immersive joyn experience. RCS chat, share and voice/video calling functions readily accessible from any screen. Read more

March 2013Deploying RCS

The Summit Auto-Configuration Server (ACS) allows operators to easily deploy a scalable service provisioning solution for Rich Communication Services. Read more

HTML5 and Firefox OS RCS clients campaign

March 2013Hello, universe

Summit is now welcoming to the universe our latest releases of HTML 5 and Firefox OS RCS clients... and we have now updated our Mac OSX RCS client to RCS 5.1. Read more

Summit RCS 5.1 reference client campaign

February 2013The reference RCS client

Whether it is 5.1 or RCS-e joyn, whether you deploy messaging based on OMA SIMPLE IM or CPM, Summit RCS Client - The reference by which all others are measured against. Read more

RCS joyn for Windows 8 and Surface campaign

February 2013RCS for Windows 8 & Surface

Just in time for the launch of Windows 8 Surface Pro & Surface 2 tablet. Summit’s joyn for Windows - the most GSMA Accredited RCS Client on the most diverse networks. Read more

joyn Sessions RCS industry news campaign

January 2013joyn Sessions

Stay synced with the latest RCS Industry News & Video blog. Topics: Enhanced FileShare, vCard Exchange & more on joyn for iPhone, see the latest joyn for Android features... Read more

Fifth Annual Rich Communication Suite and Services campaign

October 2012Rich Communication 2012

Summit Tech the first RCS-e & RCS 5 client vendor to have launched Rich Communication Services joyn app with multiple operators and across continents. Europe: joyn by Vodafone, & North America: joyn by MetroPCS. Read more

GSMA RCSe client at Mobile Asia Expo campaign

June 2012The world’s most sophisticated RCSe client

Mobile Asia Expo 2012 in Shanghai: Summit to present GSMA joyn clients (RCSe 1.2.2, joyn Hotfixes) including newly added support for RCS 5.1 Read more

When was the last time telecom was this exciting campaign

February 2012When was telecom this exciting?

Barcelona, Spain. Mobile World Congress (MWC): Summit Tech is the provider of the world's first RCSe client launched by a Tier 1 operator - joyn by Vodafone (beta) Read more

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