GSMA ONEAPI GATEWAY TUMBLELOG

What’s more fun than barrel of monkeys, why a road trip of course!

Starting in June, the OneAPI Gateway team will be heading out with WIP to select Canadian cities to spread the word that we are now live.  We’ll be participating in hackathons and presentations with our partners, and also holding, 1-1 meetings for extra business advice, and ‘2on10’ meetings to give developers extra technical support.

Good question!  We have learned a few things or three over the years, and getting real developers to check things out BEFORE going live is always a good idea.

The pilot for the OneAPI was actually held in Canada two years ago.  We got a ton of feedback then about what was good (easy to use, faster deployment for faster market access), along with the needed improvement too.  Some of the case studies from that round can be found here. You can also check out how the billing API is implemented while listening to some tunes.

What’s a launch without a few activities to go with it?  We’ll be down in N'awlins for the week,   come by and say hi, check out these activities to find out more about the GSMA OneAPI Gateway, or ping us for a 1-1 meeting.

Tuesday Activities – May 8

WIP UnPanel Presents:  APIs:  Here’s Where It Gets Interesting!

1-2pm, Exhibit Innovation Stage within the eTechZone  - Booth #4575

It's the Year of the API - they're everywhere, including from the carriers, most of whom now provide developers with access to their network through various APIs. Where things get really interesting are the 'cross carrier plays' - more access, easier development, less paperwork. We're going to be discussing all of these topics and more during the WIP UnPanel at CTIA. We have brought a wealth of panelists with expertise in different parts of the ecosystem including:

George Ranallo (TNS), Margaret Tham, (TELUS) and Ian Klein (GSMA).

Caroline Lewko (WIP) will be moderating.

      Come on by and participate in the discussion!

OneAPI Gateway Networking Reception 2-4pm   Booth #4124 Transaction Network Services (TNS) Join us for drinks, nibbles and networking and some demos. 

The OneAPI Gateway team will be in the TNS booth during CTIA to show some demos and answer all your questions.

Wednesday Activity – May 9

OneAPI Gateway Presentation

11:30am, Small Cell Forum booth

Margaret Tham, (TELUS) will give an overview of OneAPI and how smalls cells fit in to make for very interesting locations apps.

Thursday Activity – May 10

Small Cell Super Session : PANEL:  Small Cell Application Development 101 

1:30–2:15PM,  Room 333/334 Small cells can power a new generation of mobile apps by providing highly accurate presence information, as well as lower cost and faster data connections. But what exactly is the scale of the market opportunity, which operators should they target and how do they develop? This session will provide the answers.  Speaker include:

Andy Germano – Vice Chairman, Small Cell Forum (panel chair)

Michael Crossey – VP Marketing, Aepona

Margaret Tham - Senior Product Manager, TELUS

Seth Newberry – Open Mobile Alliance (OMA)

Mobile development hasn’t been getting any simpler with the multitude of platforms and more APIs opening up all the time for devices, content and on the networks.  It’s taken some time, but what developers have been waiting for - the single point of access from both a technical and commercial stand point, is finally here.

The GSMA announced today at CTIA in New Orleans, the commercial launch of the OneAPI Gateway to the major Canadian operators - Bell, Rogers and TELUS. This means your app can reach over 85% of Canadian mobile subscribers) with one API access, one implementation of code.

APIs now live include:

Carrier Billing

SMS

Location

Typically developers had to make commercial relationships with each individual carrier – a process that often took years from find that first contact, to signing off on a contract.  Now that gets taken care of with one agreement, right on the portal!

From a development perspective, the OneAPI Gateway facilitates the process as only one implementation is needed – no extra effort to recode for carrier interfaces, devices or the APIs. And with TNS operating the gateway behind the scenes, expect great support.