harnessing the potential of webrtc
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A short overview of WebRTC as a technology, the disruptive nature of it and where it meets the telecom industry. This presentation was given at Informa's Broadband World Forum 2014TRANSCRIPT
Harnessing the Potential of WebRTCMigrating for VoIP to the web
October 2014
Tsahi
Levent-Levi
WebRTCAnyone?
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Your Homework for Tonight
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https://talky.io/ https://tawk.com/
https://vline.com/https://appear.in/
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WebRTC offers real time communication natively from a web browser
WebRTC is a media engine with JavaScript APIs
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WebRTC is a Technology
not a SolutionTheBusyBrain
Which WebRTC?
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WebRTC is both an open source project and a standard specification
webrtc.org
• The open source project
• Holds an implementation of the
WebRTC specification
• Can be used by anyone for
anything
WebRTC 1.0
• The standard specification
• Not yet completed
• Handled by the IETF and W3C
Where?
1.47
BillionEnabled devices
Why all the fuss?
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Reduce barrier of entry for new vendors
Friction reduction for users
WebRTC’s Job to be Done
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No Plugins No Downloads No Installations No App Store
No SignalingFree (as in BSD) No Patents No Media Eng.
WebRTC & the Innovator’s Dilemma
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Time
Perf
orm
ance
A Few Examples
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Developer and designer working in Turkey
4 Swedes bootstrapping a complete service
3 interns & 6 weeks to get to MVP
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What do Telcosdo with WebRTC?
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Everything but
IMS
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Communications API Platform for developers with a focus on video and the long-tail
Ad-hoc video conferencing service called appear.in
VoIP OTT service which makes use of WebRTC
Interoute One Bridge is a UC and video conferencing bridge platform targeting the enterprise market
Bringing a Chromecast like experience to Comcast X1 platform using WebRTC
Thinking Where WebRTC Fits?
1. Ignore past investments
2. Think outside the box
3. Focus on your use case first
4. Check if WebRTC fits your need
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About Me
• Too many years in the telecom industry. Mainly VoIP
• Developer, Product Manager, CTO
• Had my share of standardization and patents
• Write about WebRTC and other topics
• Published the WebRTC for Business People report
• Consulting
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Tsahi Levent-Levi
@tsahil
Thank You!
Tsahi Levent-Levi
http://bloggeek.me
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