Category Archives: Event Review

Weekend Insights from Week 1 of TADSummit EMEA Americas 2021

TADSummit is in its 9th year, beginning in 2013 on 21-22 November in Bangkok. Our focus remains programmable communications, and our policy still highlights no BS. In reviewing the agenda from 2013 it’s amazing how far some parts of the industry have developed. Doing telecoms in a web way has lept ahead, creating new markets … Continue reading Weekend Insights from Week 1 of TADSummit EMEA Americas 2021

ayoba: a case-study of an operator-led OTT initiative, Yusuf Kaka and Eero Tarjanne

Video and Slides Outline ayoba: a case-study of an operator-led OTT initiative Yusuf Kaka, Head of Technology, ayoba. Eero Tarjanne, Head of Business and Ecosystem Development, ayoba. It’s not inside, it’s onnnn top: (telcos can do telco.) Proximity matters: (how far away is enough to avoid being sucked into the engine?) Who’s got the most data? … Continue reading ayoba: a case-study of an operator-led OTT initiative, Yusuf Kaka and Eero Tarjanne

APIBAN: Protecting you from unwanted SIP traffic, Fred Posner

Video and Slides Outline APIBAN: Protecting you from unwanted SIP traffic Fred Posner, Senior VoIP Engineer, VoIP Consultant, LOD Communications APIBAN helps identify known bad actors before they attack your system Simple API queries / JSON responses Open Source client to automatically integrate into iptables Free (as in beer) service from LOD.com Review Thank you Fred for … Continue reading APIBAN: Protecting you from unwanted SIP traffic, Fred Posner

Data isn’t just valuable, it’s going to save the planet! Miles Cheetham

Video and Slides Outline Keynote: Data isn’t just valuable, it’s going to save the planet! Miles Cheetham, Co-Chair Open Energy Steering Group, developing standards-based marketplaces for environmental & financial data. How Open Banking proved how we could share data securely at scale (and we’ve now realised that it’s one use case of many) Open Energy showed … Continue reading Data isn’t just valuable, it’s going to save the planet! Miles Cheetham

Is Mobile Identity still an opportunity for telcos? Jesus Cruz Manjavacas, PLAY

Video and Slides Session Outline Is Mobile Identity still an opportunity for telcos? Jesus Cruz Manjavacas, VAS Development Expert at PLAY What indeed is Mobile Identity? Which are the security threats and benefits for users and service providers that Mobile Identity could bring? The talk will give you a different view about this topic, from … Continue reading Is Mobile Identity still an opportunity for telcos? Jesus Cruz Manjavacas, PLAY

Welcome and Programmable Communications Review

Slides and Videos Welcome Landscape, Market Sizing and Growth Trends and Strategy 2020 and 2021 Review Outline Programmable Communications Review Alan Quayle, independent consultant, founder TADSummit & TADHack Welcome to TADSummit EMEA Americas – how it works. Landscape, Market Sizing, and Growth Trends and Strategy 2021 Review: prolonged pandemic, impressive valuations, and crazy consolidation Review … Continue reading Welcome and Programmable Communications Review

A Slice of TADSummit: Applications

In this weblog we review the presentations focused on applications at TADSummit Asia 2021. That is, using programmable communications to make money. In keeping with the TADSummit’s no BS policy, these are practice-focused, sharing insights gained from the field. The presentations include: Airtel IQ: Transforming customer engagement by embedding real-time communications, Ankit Goel and Ishan Bansal, … Continue reading A Slice of TADSummit: Applications

A Slice of TADSummit: Potpourri

One of the fun aspects of running events is crafting the agenda to include content not yet mainstream in programmable communications or under-represented or simply interesting. In this weblog the potpourri includes: Keynotes Accelerating Women Tech inclusion with effective usage of Telco API, Sammani Kusaladharma, Dialog Axiata Mindful Connections, Sami Mäkeläinen, Telstra Identity and Fraud. TeleSign’s Findings … Continue reading A Slice of TADSummit: Potpourri

A Slice of TADSummit: Open Source

In this weblog we focus on the presentations given about Open Source at TADSummit Asia 2021. Without open source telecom software the programmable communications industry would not exist. The technology would still be trapped in the ivory tower of the telcos and their strategic vendors. Open source telecom software is driving innovation across programmable communications, … Continue reading A Slice of TADSummit: Open Source

A Slice of TADSummit: Conversation Intelligence

In this blog we focus on the presentations given on Conversation Intelligence at TADSummit Asia 2021 through May. Thank you to Neeraj Choudhary, Symbl.ai; Muzzamel Mazidee, UIB; Elayne Ruane, LERO Centre; Dr. Shona D’Arcy, CEO Kids Speech Labs; Ruwan Dissanayaka and Thushara Rankothge, Extrogene Software for all your excellent contributions. Here are the presentations, and … Continue reading A Slice of TADSummit: Conversation Intelligence