Building the Telecom Application Developer Ecosystem

Building the Telecom Application Developer Ecosystem

Middle Managers, Desk Jockeys, PowerPoint Politicians, Full-Time Standards People, People who believe Management Consultants, Wage-Slaves, People waiting to retire or made redundant, The Risk Adverse, Yes-People, People

who do what the boss tells them regardless, Corporate Anti-Bodies, etc.

Innovators, risk takers, small companies, technology leaders, independent thinkers, creatives, people working at intersections of industries, etc.

TADS comes from the grassroots

The Web has won, so let’s get with the program

BUT no ‘black and white’ thinking! There’s space for both,

Telecom reaches 6B+ people

Analysys Mason Prediction on Messaging and ARPU

Telco p2p messaging will become niche, anticipate rapid revenue decline as SMS moves to data. Analysys Mason is predicting a >25% ARPU decline by 2018.

Industry needs to find >$100B in new revenues within 5 years.

$100B Ecosystem!

We’re Underestimating the Impact of when WhatsApp adds Voice

Page 10 The Western European Syndrome may be upon us sooner than we think

BUT Telcos can get it Right!

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Customers

Services

Make Telecoms an Essential Spice for every Business Recipe

Do more VAS!

“Most men would rather deny a hard truth than face it.”

Defining what is meant by Telecom App Developer R

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Product

Internal Telco Developers

Partner Developers

Telecom App Developers

Mobile App Developers

Long Tail Developers

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Product

Internal Telco Developers

Partner Developers

Telecom App Developers

Mobile App Developers

Long Tail Developers

‘Cut and Paste’ web developers using web-scripting and graphical tools on

app platforms (10Ms)

IT/Web Programmers building on FOSS, telecom app

platforms and telecom APIs (1Ms)

What do we mean by Telecom App Developer?

Hardcore Telco Software Infrastructure

(10ks)

All based on IT / Web Technologies and Development Principles

Developers that recognize they build telecom apps

today

‘Cut and Paste’ web developers using web-scripting and graphical tools on

app platforms (10Ms)

IT/Web Programmers building on FOSS, telecom app

platforms and telecom APIs (1Ms)

TADS is about Building an Ecosystem

Hardcore Telco Software Infrastructure

(10ks)

All based on IT / Web Technologies and Development Principles

Developers that recognize they build telecom apps

tomorrow

Developer Needs/ (Responsibilities)

Telco Needs/ (Responsibilities)

Vendor Responsibilities/ (Needs)

Modern and easy to use tools, docs & support (Communicate Needs) Go-to-market support Viable business models

Meet Dev tech needs

Support and protect the telco network

Brokering

Safely expose assets

Help from vendors in

building the necessary go-to-market support and business models

Innovation Community of

developers

(Publicity)

Process that supports hundreds of new services

(Publicity) Industry-wide Best Practices

TAD Manifesto

Examples of Telecom App Dev happening today! For more details: http://alanquayle.com/category/startups-to-watch/

Uber Revolution

Communications is Core to On-demand Services

Go-to-Market is Critical, and a Critical Telco Value

Customers

Selling Services

Selling Capabilities

Internal

Partners

External

Telco

Telco GTM

ECOSYSTEM

SERVICES