A talk I had at "VITEL - 22. delavnica o telekomunikacijah - KONVERGENČNE STORITVE V MOBILNIH IN FIKSNIH OMREŽJIH" - an academic telco conference in Slovenija

1. telco + web
quest for the killer combo
Tomaž Štolfa
tomaz.stolfa@marand.si
twitter.com/tomazstolfa
www.funkykaraoke.com

2. who is this guy?
{works at Marand, loves co ee}

3. what is this talk about?

4. bridging the barriers

5. telco

6. killer app:
voice in 1001 flavour

7. 133

8. 133
{since the first voice call}

9. {conference calls}
{person to person}
{IVR}

10. one more thing

11. telcos are closed environments

12. !
L
I
telcos are closed environments
A
F
{but there is hope}

13. web

14. should run in a browser

15. native apps are so 90’s

16. killer apps
{yes, there are many apps}

17. {e-mail}
{instant messaging}
{social networks}
{photo sharing}
{video}
{blogs}
and much more...

18. the web is an open environment
{the consequence is innovation}

19. but where is voice?
{browser based}

20. where are telco enabled apps?
{browser based}

21. they are hiding in the bushes
{but are ready to jump out}

22. so what are these guys doing?

23. bringing calls into web apps
{incorporating voice into business processes}

24. opening the telco world
{innovation platform via simple APIs}

25. how are they doing it?
{by bridging telco and web technologies}

26. should telcos be scared?
{I think so}

27. why?
{because these guys play by their own rules}

28. what can telcos do?
{open up / let innovation in / break the rules}

29. let’s have a chat
{questions}
Tomaž Štolfa
tomaz.stolfa@marand.si
twitter.com/tomazstolfa
www.funkykaraoke.com

30. two motivational facts

31. ribbit
{$105 mio}

32. grand central
{$50 mio}

33. who’s next?