SMS/MMS over O2 WiFi calling

[seanbean]

With the UK banks about to implement SMS/MMS texting to distribute verification codes for online purchases - what are O2 doing to enable SMS/MMS over O2 WiFi calling inline with other network providers (e.g. EE)?  

Or should we now consider switching to another network provider?

[pgn]

Happens when you contract out your Crown Jewels... 👑

[Portlanders]

Is there any official communication about when this will be implemented?

My wife and I, switched from Sky to O2, we rely on wifi signal in the home and are now missing important text from our gp surgery. 
When we checked that O2 did wifi calling, we assumed it would be text as well.. how silly of us. 

Looks like we may have to jump ship early is O2 are not going to support wifi text. 

[Portlanders]

Just found this... as we're still waiting? 

Perhaps O2 don't want to officialy announce they are not implenting it for fear of loss of customers, existing and new. Especially when Sky can do this on the same network. 

[Cleoriff]

@Chris_K  is the only person who can tell us @Portlanders.

[MI5]

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@Cleoriff wrote:

@Chris_K  is the only person who can tell us @Portlanders.

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Ii can guess the answer too......

Wifi Calling has been a fantastic addition to our network and we can’t wait to bring SMS over Wifi to our network too, but it’s incredibly complex to implement and requires exhaustive testing. We hope to see it available in 2020, 2021, but we’ll keep customers updated as and when there's progress or further info.

[jonsie]

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@MI5 wrote:

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@Cleoriff wrote:

@Chris_K  is the only person who can tell us @Portlanders.

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Ii can guess the answer too......

Wifi Calling has been a fantastic addition to our network and we can’t wait to bring SMS over Wifi to our network too, but it’s incredibly complex to implement and requires exhaustive testing. We hope to see it available in 2020, 2021, 2022 maybe perhaps hopefully but we’ll keep customers updated as and when there's progress or further info.

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Fixed it...

[Cleoriff]

Yes, it's a long way to Tipperary....

[Chris_K]

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@Portlanders wrote:

Just found this... as we're still waiting? 

Perhaps O2 don't want to officialy announce they are not implenting it for fear of loss of customers, existing and new. Especially when Sky can do this on the same network. 

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I'm as disappointed as you are @Portlanders but unfortunately the technology is complex and there are a lot of moving parts, so to speak. At a time we did hope to see the functionality roll out in 2018 but obviously that came and went, along with 2019 and 2020 too. At the risk of sounding like a broken record the project team do hope to see this implemented this year, but as you've already seen it's sadly not something I can promise with any degree of certainty right now.

What I can say though is that it's not a case of 'we're not implementing it and not saying' - if that were the case it's something I'd tell you and others about. It is something actively being looked into and it will be implemented, but exactly when isn't something we can answer.

As soon as there's any more info or further developments i'll let everyone know.

PS. Though Sky operate on our network, some network functionalities such as SMS over Wifi etc are in that MVNO's control and can operate independently of any system or platform reliances that we ourselves may depend upon for implementation.

[Portlanders]

Thank you @Chris_K 

[Cleoriff]

Thanks for that info @Chris_K  Not good news really though.