Category Archives: Event Review

By The Numbers, The Honest CPaaS Review

TADSummit is the thought-leadership event in programmable communications / telecoms for over ten years. I’ve been in programmable telecoms / communications since my startup Teltier, founded in 2000. TADSummit delivers the truth, no BS. Truth you can build your business on. We’re able to do that because many of our presenters are small and medium businesses. … Continue reading By The Numbers, The Honest CPaaS Review

Wadaro, how in-SIM software is revolutionizing telecoms. Robert Wakeling, Founder & CEO.

I’ve followed Wadaro for 20 years, since Robert Wakeling founded the company. His mission has been constant, improving how telcos measure their customers’ experience. Their actual customers’ experience, not an estimate (drive test), wherever there’s a SIM, Wadaro can be there: eSIM, IoT, phones, cars, etc. This means Wadaro has the most tested and most … Continue reading Wadaro, how in-SIM software is revolutionizing telecoms. Robert Wakeling, Founder & CEO.

Robocalling Dream Team: Eric Troutman, Czar of TCPA; and Alex Quilici, CEO YouMail

I’m reviewing both presentations together as they are a knock-out punch for robocalling, plus protecting consumers and small/medium businesses. The chit-chat is both fun and insightful. Their TADSummit sessions were: We’ve had both Eric and Alex on the TADSummit podcast. Between the podcasts and the TADSummit presentations, things are moving fast in the industry. Telephone … Continue reading Robocalling Dream Team: Eric Troutman, Czar of TCPA; and Alex Quilici, CEO YouMail

The 20+ year Governance and Certification Gap in A2P SMS When is it Going to End? Daniel Gill, Augnet

TADSummit is the thought-leadership event in programmable communications / telecoms for over ten years. We deliver the truth, no BS. Truth you can build your business on. We’re able to do that because many of our presenters are small and medium businesses. If they are wrong, their business ceases to exist. I’ve noticed a movement in … Continue reading The 20+ year Governance and Certification Gap in A2P SMS When is it Going to End? Daniel Gill, Augnet

That’s a Wrap on TADSummit 2023, Looking Forward to TADSummit 2024

Thank you to everyone who took part in and supported (sponsored and partnered) TADSummit 2023. Without your support TADSummit can not happen, it’s as simple as that. In particular our sponsors: Strolid, Stacuity, Unifonic, SIPhub, Jambonz, and TelecomsXchange. The quality of the content and people sets TADSummit apart. No marketing BS, simply practical insights and advice to help you build … Continue reading That’s a Wrap on TADSummit 2023, Looking Forward to TADSummit 2024

TADSummit 2023: Enterprise and LLMs

Programmable communications / telecoms puts the enterprise in control, we’ve seen rapid innovations over the past year. At TADSummit 2022 Karel pointed out the transformer model has changed game in LLMs, and he was proven correct through this year. BUT listening to the marketing hype is dangerous, the no BS policy ensures you avoid mistakes … Continue reading TADSummit 2023: Enterprise and LLMs

TADSummit 2023: Open Source

Open source telecom software is the foundation upon which programmable telecoms / communications is built. It is also a critical technology for telcos to make the leap to Techco. Put simply, if telcos continue to use their legacy closed source vendors, the Techco vision will not happen. This advice comes from the fixed line telcos, … Continue reading TADSummit 2023: Open Source

TADSummit 2023 Review

We wrapped up TADSummit on Friday 20th October, and then jumped straight into TADHack Global. The TADHack results were announced on Monday 23th, and presented at Network X on Tuesday 24th in a broader review of TADHack over the past 10 years. A delayed flight home on the 25th while watching the second half of ‘The … Continue reading TADSummit 2023 Review

TADSummit Special: Why conversational AI providers are moving to open source

Dave Horton, Creator of drachtio.org, the open source framework for SIP Server applications Commentary Dave provides an nice intro to the conversation AI space, and the reasons why Cognigy are using Jambonz. I really like Dave’s framing of why community driven FOSS (Free and open Source Software) will win over commercial software. Remember Linux and … Continue reading TADSummit Special: Why conversational AI providers are moving to open source

TADSummit Special: Silent Authentication

Eric Nadalin, CTO, co-founder tru.ID, and Gentleman Farmer Finally after all those years, mobile network operators start to offer a secure and frictionless alternative to SMS. Learn more about Silent Authentication. Commentary This is a great review of Silent Authentication, and the complex situation we find around this topic. In essence silent authentication is a … Continue reading TADSummit Special: Silent Authentication