RCS-e API exposure:
                 A valuable asset to create application
                 innovation & revenue generation?




Madrid, 5th October 2011
Lessons from the past




Communications are more than person to person
Lessons from the past




All device-tiers & all MNO’s services tend to
                   succeed
Lessons from the past




When the enabler is “usable” by the ecosystem
 to create cases on top, it is enriched with not
           initially thought use cases.
Lessons from the past




Telcos got huge revenues from
ecosystem created use cases
Lessons from the past




Yes, the SMS
Lessons from the past




Oops!
The present…




Does it matters NOW ?
The present…




YES!
The present…




RCS-e
The present…

        RCS-e is:
    Instant Messaging
       File Transfer
       VideoShare
….all from your phonebook
The present…




       RCS-e aims to:
 Be present in all device tiers
Be offered by all/most of MNOs
The present…




The delay of the RCS launch brings an
         interesting scenario
The present…

 OTTs already launched successfully
• WhatsApp
• Huddle
• iMessage
• Blackberry Messenger
• …others
The present…




Not bad… OTTs did the harsh task of

           evangelizing
The next future…




RCS-e becomes REAL
The next future…




G5 Telcos expected to
    launch soon
  (Q411 to Q2/12)
The next future…



Could telcos compete with
stablished OTT messaging
       competitors ?
The next future…




Yes, of course
The next future…




Focusing in replicate
  SMS strengths
The next future…




All device tiers capable
The next future…




Universal service
The next future…




Openness
The next future…




Thinking in RCS-e as
 enabler, not as final
     application
The next future…




In SMS is was done
with SMS Gateways
The next future…




Lots of cases created
  with simple APIs
The next future…



Alerts (banking, etc)
SMS to TV
M-commerce: ringtones, wallpapers
Voting
Etc…
The next future…




Remember !!!
The next future…




 Friendly APIs for the
developers ecosystems
The next future…




You know…REST, WS…
The next future…
The next future…




Not PARLAY ! please
Apps vs Enabler




   Ok, ok, but App model
already succeed, doesn’t it?
Apps vs Enabler




Not really!
Apps vs Enabler




Smartphone growth is real
Apps vs Enabler




The model 1 use case 1 app
     not so successful
Apps vs Enabler



The most successful apps are:
            Browser
             Email
         Messaging Apps
Apps vs Enabler




YES, communication enablers
Apps vs Enabler




Make RCS-e a “app-solution” driver
The telco business



 From downloadable Apps
             to
“phonebook service contacts”
The telco business




Easing Innovation
The telco business




Attracting 3rd party Innovation to
   empower the telco enabler
The telco business




App Stores are owned and
 managed by device/OS
     manufacturers
The telco business




“Service Contact Stores” would be
 owned and managed by MNO’s
The telco business




A great difference !
The telco business




And also possible win-win revenue
sharing with “service contact” use
         case developers
The telco business




Could exist a middle point?
The telco business




YES, apps using RCS-e APIs as
       comms enabler
The telco business




Telco still being more than mere pipe
The telco business




And offering API’s as OTT comms, it
 is easier to optimize the network
               usage.
The telco business




Ok, Ok, but…when this scenario with
 RCS-e APIs would become real in
            the field ?
The telco business




Let’s say….
THE HOPE




TODAY !
examples
mash-up Google Weather via RCS-e: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iiIcoJUNcTM
mash-up Google Translate via RCS-e: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bt7CKoCHl_s
CRM m-banking demo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQGINTJEEmY
Couponing mash-up: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2CTNliGL0o
Social Plug/connector (FB y Twitter): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BatGfIpjMHA
RCS-e WebClient JQuery: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY8M1t1F2P4
Securizing payments http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wR9SeM3WE0
Bridging XMPP & RCS-e http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zF_roI2IOA0
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http://www.youtube.com/solaiemes
http://www.slideshare.com/solaiemes
http://blog.solaiemes.com

RCS-e API Exposure