Telecom API Processes

Wednesday 8th October 2014

What is an API?

•  http://www.telco.com/api.php?action=remove_friction

APIs reduce business friction by making it easy for software systems to work together using existing well understood web technology that any IT person can understand

Diameter signaling is dark and full of terrors. The Lord of Light must consume all standards engineers.

VoLTE interop is dark and full of terrors. The Lord of Light must consume all standards engineers.

RCS is dark and full of terrors. The Lord of Light must consume all standards engineers.

There is nothing new under the sun. So let’s see if this problem has already been solved.

Copy what’s already there and working

•  Simple REST JSON

•  Security OAuth

•  Governance RBAC

•  Certification

•  Architecture SOA

•  Process Automation

•  Service Management Interface

Copy what’s already there and working

•  Simple REST JSON

•  Security OAuth

•  Governance RBAC

•  Certification

•  Architecture SOA

•  Process Automation

•  Service Management Interface

Hybrid Enterprise Resources Applications

Users / Admin

(Product Groups)

Copy what’s already there and working

•  Simple REST JSON

•  Security OAuth

•  Governance RBAC

•  Certification

•  Architecture SOA

•  Process Automation

•  Service Management Interface

Copy what’s already there and working

•  Simple REST JSON

•  Security OAuth

•  Governance RBAC

•  Certification

•  Architecture SOA

•  Process Automation

•  Service Management Interface

Copy what’s already there and working

•  Simple REST JSON

•  Security OAuth

•  Governance RBAC

•  Certification

•  Architecture SOA

•  Process Automation

•  Service Management Interface

Amazon 2002

•  1) All teams will henceforth expose their data and functionality through service interfaces.

•  2) Teams must communicate with each other through these interfaces. •  3) There will be no other form of interprocess communication allowed: no direct

linking, no direct reads of another team’s data store, no shared-memory model, no back-doors whatsoever. The only communication allowed is via service interface calls over the network.

•  4) It doesn’t matter what technology they use. HTTP, Corba, Pubsub, custom protocols — doesn’t matter. Bezos doesn’t care.

•  5) All service interfaces, without exception, must be designed from the ground up to be externalizable. That is to say, the team must plan and design to be able to expose the interface to developers in the outside world. No exceptions.

•  6) Anyone who doesn’t do this will be fired.

Copy what’s already there and working

•  Simple REST JSON

•  Security OAuth

•  Governance RBAC

•  Certification

•  Architecture SOA

•  Process Automation

•  Service Management Interface

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

This Is A More Accurate Representation R

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Product

Internal Telco Developers

Partner Developers

Telecom App Developers

Mobile App Developers

Long Tail Developers

DIY versus Partner R

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Product

DIY

Partners

Customers

Customers

Services

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

Make Telecoms an Essential Spice for every Business Recipe

Uber Revolution

Communications is Core to On-demand Services

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Do more VAS!

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

Customers

Selling Services

Selling Capabilities

Internal

Partners

External

Telco

Telco GTM

This is the biggest process gap we face

$100B Ecosystem!

Grassroots of the Industry

Now for Some Group Therapy