barcamp Berlin
18./19.10.08
Open Telco API

Web 2.0 companies opened up
their platforms for developers

Shopping
9%
Mapping
38% 8%
Video
Mashups
8%
10%
Search
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Source: www.programmableweb.com

Imagine …
 … T-Mobile lets you develop for the G1
 … you have your own VoIP server
 … you can access systems that enable
you to localize your users

But today Telcos are more like
this – they had to be like this

Today Telco companies control
customer interaction & experience
Interaction
Application Application Application ... Application Application
VoIP SMS CDN ... Billing Payment

Open APIs break the barriers
Open APIs
Application Application Application Application
VoIP SMS CDN ... Billing Payment
API = Application Programmable Interface

Telco companies follow the
Open API trend
recently bought

Open API ideas
Voice Call  Local Search?
Content Delivery Network?
Send SMS 
Payment / Billing?
Location Services?
Conference Call?
Online Transfer?
OpenID?

Possible system architecture
Application Application Application
Java .NET PHP
SOAP / XML Web service
Gateway Secure
Token
Service
VoIP SMS CDN ..... Payment

Questions we are asking
 How to make API services most attractive
for the community?
 How to make API access as easy as
possible?
 How to create win-win models?