TADS Summary: Building the Telecom Application Developer Ecosystem

The Telecom Application Developer Summit took place from 21-22 Nov 2013 in Bangkok, the slides are now available here, the videos and photos will be available soon.  TADS is much more than just 2 days in Bangkok.  Our objective with TADS is to help build the telecom application developer ecosystem from the grassroots, to expand […]

Rich Communications – Time for Change!

At the Rich Communications event in Berlin, we ran a pre-conference workshop on WebRTC that included Tim Panton from Westhawk, Victor Pascual Avila from Quobis, Juan Mateu from Solaiemes, and myself.  The material from the workshop is show below.  It was a packed day, with the realization that an RCS strategy that does not include WebRTC […]

Questar using Telecom APIs to Improve Customer Experience Management

I had the opportunity recently to chat with Mark Kovatch, Vice President Sales at Questar, about his experience in using Telecom APIs.  Questar is the name behind many of the Customer Experience Management programs of the big brands.  Founded in 1985 they pioneered the “sales receipt survey.”  For those in the US, whenever you go […]

The Tropo Developer Network

Tropo have launched the Tropo Developer Network (TDN), it’s a community of technical and business experts collaborating to bring Tropo-powered apps to new customers and markets around the world.  If you have built a service focused on say the UK market, TDN can help you to take that service to other markets in say the […]

Mojo Lingo Guest Post, The Voice of the Telecom Application Developer

Guest post from Ben Klang of Mojo Lingo on the Telecom Apps Ecosystem from a developer’s perspective. At Mojo Lingo, we build voice applications that work like magic. That means we’re focused on one thing: happy users communicating effortlessly in real-time. Today I want to talk about the Telecom App landscape from our perspective, as […]

IIT RTC Conference and Expo

Tomorrow I’ll be presenting at the Illinois Institute of Technology Real-Time Communications  Conference and Expo, its a collaborative event, where industry and academia connect.  The presentation I’m giving is on ”The Winners and Losers in the move to Real-Time Cloud Communications,” shown below. If you track my presentations on this topic, the new material focuses […]

Recommended Reading: TAD Manifesto Feedback Part 1

Over at the TADSummit website the latest weblog on the TAD Manifesto Feedback part 1 sets out the advice and discussions so far.  It described what has changed, explains some of the confusion in the market, the focus required, and the advice and commentary received so far in building the Manifesto.  For me the key […]

Protiviti: Retail Awareness Made Easy with Telecom APIs

Protiviti provides an example of a business using Telecom APIs to better serve its retail industry customers with a great retail auditing and awareness service.   Protiviti is a global business consulting and internal audit firm composed of experts specializing in risk, advisory and transaction services. They add value and provide solutions in finance and transactions, […]

Why are you holding TADS in Bangkok?

Its a question I’m asked often, “why are you holding TADS (Telecom Application Developer Summit) in Bangkok? Why not London or the Bay Area?” There are operational and strategic reasons, let me explain. Operationally At the same time as TADS in Bangkok is ITU Telecom World with 7000 of the telecoms industry attending at the […]

Telecom Application Developer Manifesto Released for Public Comment

The sponsors of the Telecom Application Developer Summit made a press release today on a Manifesto to solve the Telecom Industry’s innovation gap. Austin TX, Cambridge UK, Colombo Sri Lanka, Paris France, San Francisco CA, 1st October 2013 – Apidaze, hSenid Mobile, OnMobile, OpenCloud, Telestax, and Tropo, the companies leading the new wave of telecommunication […]