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It doesn't work in New Zealand. Operators have not deployed the infrastructure needed for it.

Again, there's no operator deployed infrastructure, it's Jibe, which works in NZ since 2020 like in most of the world:

https://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=97&topicid=275...

I like how you are replying to me with my own website.

Here is some interesting comment from a telco staff https://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=76&topicid=315...

What I meant is, interoperability between iOS RCS and Android RCS won't work until telcos deploy their own servers and Google fallback to those.

And again, telcos don't deploy servers. The backend is provided by Jibe, it's already running.

The iOS 18 RCS client provisioned in the US, UK, Spain, Germany, ... connects to Jibe and can send messages to Android devices running Google Messages.

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