In a previous weblog article I discussed how the Telco API is much more than a method of exposing capabilities from telco networks to third party applications. As these slides show, Telco API.pdf, the Telco API impacts all services in an operator’s business. Using the classic demand curve, we can break its impact into three […]
For the passed two years in helping operators and suppliers innovate around the concept of the Telco API, I’ve built a list of web / voice / telco 2.0 application developers that could benefit from the Telco API. Currently the list is at about 800 companies, but it’s always under revision as there is significant […]
The VPF has become a must-attend conference for anyone focused on service innovation in telecoms, with over 200 attendees this year, its certainly bucking the trend we’re seeing in conferences closing. This conference brings together a diverse mix of the telecom value chain: the IP Exchange and data center providers (Terremark, Telx, CRGWest); innovative applications […]
Survival is the mother of innovation. As customer behavior, rather than technology and competition, significantly impacts a service provider’s business, threatening the core revenues; the Telco API (Application Program Interface) is one method for operators to foster innovation on their networks. The Telco API enables operators to expose capabilities from their networks such as location, […]
Technology Appraisals, a consultancy based in the UK, has recently completed a comprehensive global study on “Low Cost & Mobile VoIP.” The study profiles 30 new mobile players in detail and gives summary tables, illustrations and comparisons. It provides a clear picture of who is in this business, where they come from, where are they […]
HomeCamera enables people to securely see what’s going on at home without being an expert in geeky stuff like DDNS (Dynamic Domain Name System), NAT (Network Address Translation) and port forwarding, which are generally required for the home surveillance solutions on the market today. HomeCamera aims to be an easy-to-use home surveillance system, with any […]
With the launch of services such as FiOS from Verizon and U-Verse from AT&T, TV services in the US are finally entering the 21st Century, where widgets are now available on the TV such as local weather and traffic; it’s slowly becoming interactive. As anyone from the UK will attest Sky, a satellite TV service […]
Overall Summary / Opinion An important first step in meeting the competitive disadvantage VZW faces compared to the GSM operators. A device centric ODIS (Open Device Interface Specification) defines what a device must do to interface to the VZ RAN (between the device radio hardware and the access network), and the support structure to help […]
I thought it would be timely to share a little more on my perspective of the Telco API, given my attendance at some upcoming conferences around Web/Telco 2.0 where this will be topic of discussion: TeleStrategies Telco + Web 2.0 Service Creation conference were I’m running a pre-conference workshop on “Successful Strategies for SDP Deployment” […]
Telephony was the first user generated content (UGC) service. Operators provide a pipe, and we filled it with a conversation. It fulfills a basic human need, the need to communicate, and as been successful around the world. As telecommunication services become more sophisticated we’re witnessing a divergence amongst operators on service success. The roots of […]