I gave this presentation at the Operator API seminar at MWC14. To some degree it is based on a global developer survey which we conducted to better understand how developers perceive the value of operator APIs and services. You can find a blog post with more details, the slides and links to the white paper "The Value of Operator APIs for Developers" here: http://manfredbo.tumblr.com/post/78755173151/operator-apis-what-developers-think

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Operator APIs & Services
What Developers think
Manfred Bortenschlager
MWC, Operator API Seminar
Barcelona, 24/02/2014
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Developers are key
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Developers are key in the app/API value chain
API Provider
(Operator)
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Developer
App/
Service/
Website
App
Consumer

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Developers are key in the app/API value chain
API Provider
(Operator)
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Developer
App/
Service/
Website
App
Consumer

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Developers are key in the app/API value chain
API Provider
(Operator)
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Developer
App/
Service/
Website
App
Consumer

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DX – because developers are people, too
Read
more on DX here.
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DX – because developers are people, too
Valuable
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Simple

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Developer survey
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Close the gap: valuable
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Close the gap: valuable
Top 5 technology adoption reasons
1. Ability to reach users
(57%)
2. Speed & cost of development
3. Performance
4. Documentation
5. Ability to generate revenue
(44%)
Developer Economics, Q1/2014, n=6041
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Close the gap: simple
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Close the gap: simple
Please allow any developer to engage with the MNO
platform without signing complicated agreements.
Document the platform and its APIs without
signup; provide test/sandbox servers and ways to
test an app without signing an agreement; write
example libraries and put them on github.
Developers make the platform vibrant, and
developers are not interested in engaging in a
"partnership" model;
Allow anyone to work with your APIs and then they
will do so.
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With public sentiment, nothing can fail;
without it nothing can succeed.
- Abraham Lincoln
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14. Developer Survey White Paper:
The Value of Operator APIs for Developers
gsma.com/oneapi > Resources