Towards Open Telco - Business Models of API Management Providers

Author

Raivio, Yrjo ; Luukkainen, Sakari ; Seppälä, Saku

Author_Institution

Aalto Univ., Aalto, Finland

fYear

2011

fDate

4-7 Jan. 2011

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

11

Abstract

The term Open Telco refers to a new phenomenon where telecommunication operators provide open APIs for 3^rd party developers and content providers. Multi-operator support requires cross network service providers (CNSPs) or network brokers between operators and developers. In the mobile domain brokers have already stepped into the SMS and data roaming businesses, but API brokering is still an emerging phenomenon. Business models based on mobile brokering are also in an early phase. On the other hand, internet API management providers have been offering services to various API publishers for a long time. This paper utilizes internet case studies in order to find out the best mobile broker business models. The analysis is carried through using the STOF model. At the end, the results are verified with the literature review, and recommendations for mobile brokering and for the next steps are given.

Keywords

Internet; application program interfaces; electronic messaging; mobile communication; telecommunication services; 3rd party developers; API brokering; API management providers; API publishers; Internet API management provider; Open Telco-business model; SMS; content providers; cross network service providers; data roaming business; mobile domain brokers; multioperator support; network brokers; telecommunication operators; Biological system modeling; Companies; Ecosystems; Internet; Mobile communication; Technological innovation;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

System Sciences (HICSS), 2011 44th Hawaii International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kauai, HI

ISSN

1530-1605

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-9618-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HICSS.2011.454

Filename

5718578