Airtel, Google partner to check spam in messages with web linkBharti Airtel is partnering with Google to deploy an AI-enabled spam protection tool on Google's messaging platform. This collaboration aim...
01 Mar, 2026, 08.08 PM IST
Airtel, Google reunite to roll out RCS messaging in IndiaBharti Airtel has partnered with Google to offer Rich Communication Services (RCS) messaging, a move that brings all major Indian telcos on...
08 Dec, 2025, 11.31 AM IST
Apple ties up with Jio to enable 'RCS' messaging service on iPhonesApple has partnered with Reliance Jio to introduce Rich Communication Services (RCS) on iPhones in India, enabling Jio users to exchange iM...
27 Aug, 2025, 12.16 PM IST
How to protect your communications through encryptionEnd-to-end encryption or E2EE is a security method where messages are scrambled so that only the sender and recipient can see them. If anyo...
12 Dec, 2024, 02.44 PM IST
Trai dials handset cos, telcos, digital platforms to discuss RCS messagingTrai addressing challenges with RCS messaging, including differentiation from SMS on iPhones, regulation discrepancies, and telco partnersh...
21 Apr, 2024, 03.33 PM IST
Google pushing an alternative to WhatsApp enterprise messagingGoogle is pushing an alternate mobile phone messaging system in the country that could disrupt the growing use of WhatsApp by enterprises f...
14 Feb, 2024, 09.10 AM IST
ET Explains: Apple's RCS adoption and how it will affect Indian usersApple has announced its adoption of the RCS (rich communication services) messaging standard, which will be enabled via a software update l...
20 Nov, 2023, 03.13 PM IST
Apple to make messaging between iPhones and Android devices easierThe company had been resisting the Rich Communication Services (RCS) standard for more than a year, with Alphabet's Google and others pushi...
17 Nov, 2023, 10.13 PM IST
Apple gives in, plans to adopt RCS feature to improve texting between iPhone and Android devicesApple has said that in 2024, the iPhone will sport RCS messaging that is used by most Android phones.
17 Nov, 2023, 10.44 AM IST
Apple to adopt RCS standard to enable easier communication between iOS and Android usersThe development comes after London-based tech brand Nothing announced an app to bridge the gap between the two sets of users, and amid pres...
17 Nov, 2023, 10.24 AM IST
Nothing Phone to bring Apple's blue chat bubbles to Android in select countriesQuestioning the colour of the chat bubble stems from the fact that Android users, especially young adults, feel routinely isolated among a ...
15 Nov, 2023, 10.52 AM IST
Google starts rolling out end-to-end encryption for group chatsGoogle has also launched campaigns to convince Apple to adopt this standard for its own Messages app.
05 Dec, 2022, 11.49 AM IST
Google tests end-to-end encrypted group chats in Messaging appGoogle has announced that it is testing end-to-end encrypted RCS (Rich Communication Services) group chats, which will be available to some...
03 Dec, 2022, 05.31 PM IST
Google disables RCS ads in India due to flood of spam from businessesAccording to TechCrunch, RCS stands for Rich Communication Services, and it is the result of a collaboration between a number of industry p...
05 Jun, 2022, 04.26 PM IST
Samsung makes Google Messages as default SMS app for Galaxy S22 seriesSamsung has decided to make Google Messages as its default app for text communications for Galaxy S22 series.
15 Feb, 2022, 06.01 PM IST
Google switching from SMS to RCS end-to-end encryption for its default messaging appRich communication services, a successor to SMS, has been adopted by Apple’s iMessage as well.
28 May, 2020, 02.18 PM IST
India can be a 1 GB society, says Idea MD Himanshu Kapania“Technologically , it's possible for us to be on par with the world (broadband speeds), but spectrum prices need to be nominal to achieve i...
29 Feb, 2016, 07.11 AM IST