Verizon will launch RCS text messaging in early 2019

Yesterday at a small, business-focused GSMA event in New Jersey, Verizon’s SVP of consumer products, Aparna Khurjekar, announced that Verizon will launch support for RCS messaging in “early 2019.” The move is potentially significant as RCS is the new texting standard set to replace SMS just as soon as carriers around the world update their systems to support it.
More specifically, RCS Chat will replace SMS if carriers update their systems to support the “Universal Profil