Thanks fippo.

Can’t really see the business case for Google to maintain two separate WebRTC stacks for the long run, but that may just be me.

Richard,

Thanks for the comment. We have different worldviews on what WebRTC is. To me, it works just as well on mobile inside apps – no browser required. This includes iOS as well.
In that regard, doing a video call on Facebook Messenger (which uses WebRTC) is probably better than RCS today – the deployment is much larger with a lot more use – and it is free on top of it all.

RCS today is still a nice idea that never got to the market. You can say it depends on the adoption of carriers and handset manufacturers, and both seem quite reluctant to do anything about it that will move the needle.

For the most part, for me WebRTC is already a success that is independent on future events.

My talk on the symbiosys of webrtc and RCS is still valid. i stated that RCS is for mobile and webrtc for desktops/laptops. this is because of the forma factor of the device and of possibilities of integration wit native functions.

That symbiosys is hardly explored by telco’s because they are different domains and possibly P&L’s.