This article focuses on TADSummit and TADHack’s secret sauce, honesty and integrity, and why it should matter to everyone in the industry. Part 2 will focus on all the unique and world class insights shared at TADSummit 2024. The beginning TADSummit began in 2013, bringing together innovators in programmable telecoms. We recently had Raj Sunder founder and CEO … Continue reading TADSummit and TADHack’s Secret Sauce: Truth and Integrity.
Matthew kicks things off by using a pre CCD (Charge Coupled Device) video camera from 1981 to symbolize the ”old/legacy’ ideas. He explained his setup using OBS (Open Broadcaster Software) and a virtual camera output to stream the combined videos of his studio into Zoom. His point was look how far we’ve some in 20 … Continue reading Slash the Industry 4 0 Gordian Knot – Simplify Digital Transformation with Programmable Communication, Matthew Smith
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
Podcast Directory In Podcast 93 we reviewed AIT (Artificially Inflated Traffic) from an independent perspective. Feedback was complementary on the openness, depth, breadth, and forward looking discussion on the threat that is AIT to the whole ecosystem. We reviewed the ecosystem, the responsibilities, what can and can not be done to enable compliance. A common … Continue reading Podcast 94: Truth in Telecoms, What to do about AIT, Kevin Graham and Daniel Gill
Podcast Directory Johnny opened on the TCR sale, how the minimum bid to get into the data room is $300M. The other news item is Infobip becoming a D2C (Direct to Carrier) aggregator in the US, as T-Mobile replaced Syniverse with Infobip. I covered how in August I had 13 days with no SMS spam … Continue reading Podcast 93: Truth in Telecoms, AIT, Kevin Graham and Daniel Gill
Podcast Directory This is a useful review of where we are across: The video contains so much more than I can write. Johnny does a good job reviewing the story so far. I provide below a sample of some of the points covered, but you know Johnny! Fun with The Vis: Check out the 45 … Continue reading Podcast 92: Truth in Telecoms, Bill’s Federal Complaint is Moving
Podcast Directory In this podcast we review some of Robert Vis’ insights from the podcast we did last week, and introduce ‘vCon Vinne’. We kick off with how Johnny was beaten up with patents after The Vis stated, Patents are for the weak. He looks in a bad way. Johnny has a new nickname for … Continue reading Podcast 91: Truth in Telecoms, Robert Vis and vCon Vinnie
Podcast Directory Part 2 starts with a review of the US market, how Twilio was paid to send and receive SMS, and was only charged a small fee by the carriers. However, the carriers saw the charges Twilio was making to its customers, and used TCR (The Campaign Registry) to raise pricing to 0.5/1c per … Continue reading Podcast 88: Truth in Telecoms, The Vis Part 2
Responding to your requests, here is the all-in-one post, both links and a long block of text, enjoy! Thank you for all your compliments on this work. Truth in A2P SMS, Part 1 of 5, In the Beginning & Foreign SMSCs. https://blog.tadsummit.com/2024/07/29/truth-in-a2p-sms-part-1/ Truth in A2P SMS, Part 2 of 5, Premium SMS. https://blog.tadsummit.com/2024/08/01/truth-in-a2p-sms-part-2-of-5/ Truth in … Continue reading The Definitive Truth in A2P SMS
In this series we will expose the reality of what’s happening in A2P SMS. We’ll review how the current situation can and will be solved through mitigations the industry must adopt. This series is based on extensive research through 2024, it is not a complete exposé. However, the main mechanisms and mitigations are covered. SIM … Continue reading Truth in A2P SMS, Part 4 of 5