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RCS vs SMS in 2026: why business messaging just changed forever

After Apple turned on RCS in iOS 18, the protocol crossed from "promising" to "mainstream infrastructure." Juniper Research projects roughly 3.8 billion active users by the end of 2026. We break down what that means for your campaigns, what stays on SMS, and why the right answer is almost always both.

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STIR/SHAKEN in 2026: what the FCC's new KYUP rules mean for VoIP providers

The FCC's draft on Know-Your-Upstream-Provider is moving robocall compliance from policy-and-certification toward prescriptive verification and refusal-of-service. A practical checklist for what changes โ€” and what to do this quarter.

The $80B question: conversational AI is rewiring the contact center

Gartner forecasts conversational AI will cut agent labor costs by roughly $80 billion by 2026. What's actually working in production: real-time transcription, sentiment routing, and where humans still win.

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VoIP just keeps growing: market headed for $415B by 2034

Precedence Research pegs the global VoIP market at $144.77B in 2024 and projects $415.20B by 2034 โ€” an 11% CAGR. We unpack what's actually driving it: cloud, hybrid work, and CPaaS.

Infrastructure slowdown: why carriers are spending less in 2026

After a decade of heavy 5G rollout, capex is winding down. Ericsson reported softer North American sales and Verizon adjusted its 2026 plan. Here's what the shift to a usage-based, distributed coverage model means for resellers.

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CPaaS in 2026: programmable communications eats the phone system

The voice-and-SMS stack is becoming a set of APIs. Mordor Intelligence describes CPaaS transitioning from a ~$20B class market in 2025 toward roughly 30% CAGR โ€” driven by enterprises embedding calling and messaging directly into their apps.

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Inside tier-1 routing: why CLI quality is now a competitive moat

As carrier filtering tightens and STIR/SHAKEN attestations get scrutinized, the route your calls take matters more than ever. A practical look at how we pick paths, monitor PDD, and keep CLI clean across 200+ destinations.

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Apple + RCS: the moment messaging stopped being two ecosystems

iOS 18 quietly ended the biggest barrier to universal RCS. We look at what changed in the iMessage / RCS / SMS triangle โ€” and why "RCS-first, SMS fallback" is now the default architecture.

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FCC's all-IP transition: what an IPES designation actually unlocks

The Commission is moving U.S. voice fully to IP. We explain what IPES (IP-Enabled Service) designation means, why it matters for resellers and cloud-comms providers, and the regulatory benefits worth applying for now.

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10DLC, Campaign Registry, sender IDs: a 2026 SMS deliverability primer

U.S. 10DLC, India's sender header rules, GDPR for messaging in Europe โ€” the compliance map keeps growing. A short, practical guide to keep your A2P traffic flowing instead of filtered.