Category Archives: Developer

The SMS value chain is broken! by Tony Jamous, Founder and CEO Nexmo

As revenues from person to person messaging continue to be cannibalized by over the top applications, the carrier community has started to increasingly focus on monetizing application to person messaging. A2P (Application to Person) revenues are expected to become the largest share of carriers’ messaging revenues. According to IDC the A2P messaging market is large … Continue reading The SMS value chain is broken! by Tony Jamous, Founder and CEO Nexmo

TADSummit Truphone Teaser

At TADHack Global in June James Tagg, founder and CTO of Truphone, announced their plan for the Open Source Communications Framework (OSCF) API, see end of this weblog for the keynote presentation. James Tagg will at TADSummit in November put much more flesh around the bones of that announcement in his keynote and throughout TADSummit. It … Continue reading TADSummit Truphone Teaser

Telscale SMSC Gateway Processes 1 Million SMS in Record Time

Telestax is pleased to announce the result of our load test performed using the latest iteration of Telscale SMSC Gateway. The load test was performed on an Amazon cloud server with the follow specifications Amazon Cloud Server specification Model vCPU Mem (GiB) SSD Storage (GB) Dedicated EBS Throughput (Mbps) m4.2xlarge 8 32 EBS-only 1,000 Server … Continue reading Telscale SMSC Gateway Processes 1 Million SMS in Record Time

Keynote Speaker Olivier Jeannel, CEO, RogerVoice

Olivier is quite a remarkable chap. Not only is he the co-founder and CEO of RogerVoice, a start-up on a mission to make the phone accessible to deaf and hard-of-hearing people worldwide. He is deaf and relies on lip-reading most the time. We’re grateful Olivier has made time in his busy schedule to keynote at TADSummit, and share his experiences in building … Continue reading Keynote Speaker Olivier Jeannel, CEO, RogerVoice

Enterprise Monitoring for Restcomm – Part 2

In a previous post – http://www.telestax.com/enterprise-monitoring-for-restcomm-an-overview-of-the-apis-and-the-tools/ – we had an overview of what it means enterprise monitoring and Restcomm. In this post, I will introduce you to the recent development of the the Monitoring Service of Restcomm. The Monitoring Service can be used to collect stats and monitor the health of a server. Currently the Monitoring Service … Continue reading Enterprise Monitoring for Restcomm – Part 2

Enterprise Monitoring for Restcomm – An overview of the APIs and the tools

We really hope that everybody enjoys working with Restcomm and taking advantage of the tools and APIs that the platform provides. We make our best to provide you with all the required material such as documentation, turorials and how-to posts at docs.restcomm.com for you to best work with Restcomm. But when it comes to the production … Continue reading Enterprise Monitoring for Restcomm – An overview of the APIs and the tools

Sascha Wolter, Deutsche Telekom: Successful ideation for the Internet of Things!

Technology isn’t enough without an appropriate idea. But how can we generate ideas that matter? Fortunately, almost anybody can be creative, regardless of being a programmer, manager, or whatever. Internet of Things, M2M, Smart Home, Wearables, or whichever buzzword you like to choose: it is not initially about business models nor about technology. It is … Continue reading Sascha Wolter, Deutsche Telekom: Successful ideation for the Internet of Things!

TADSummit mpoll.me Survey Results

During TADSummit we ran a live mobile survey to gather people’s immediate feedback on the event, rather than waiting until after the event. We used the telecom application mpoll.me, which sent SMS to attendees with a link to the survey, where we created questions on the fly. It enabled us to gather immediate feedback from the audience … Continue reading TADSummit mpoll.me Survey Results

TADHacking for Public Health

The world is facing an unprecedented Ebola virus outbreak, as well as the MERS virus in the Middle East and many other infectious disease related public health risks. Can Telecom Applications Developers contribute to life-saving solutions with API-enabled SMS, IVR and toll-free numbers? Telecom Application Developers may have a unique ability to rapidly interconnect the … Continue reading TADHacking for Public Health