More capital and more control no longer equal success. When any entrepreneur can figure out a way to make life easier, better or more fun for humans, then hire a few developers to leverage open source and platform APIs to build applications in a few weeks, and with little to modest investment suddenly change the game – we find ourselves in the digital economy on a level playing field unlike any we’ve seen in history.

There’s nothing more thrilling at work than to collaborate with truly inspired customers who are building meaningful solutions. Last month, Kandy shared the story of a new platform which Kandy’s real-time communications platform powers – CoolDoctors.

Why is the communications platform market so hot right now? Why was Twilio one of only a few successful IPOs this year? Why are companies like Cisco and Vonage acquiring communications platforms?  The answers to these questions are simple. Because Communications Service Providers (CSPs) especially see the value that communications platforms can bring – the ability to give mobile and web developers access to real-time communications services and embed these capabilities directly into workflows and mobile apps simplifies and enhances the user experience. 

There is a great deal of chatter within the tech community centered around AI, bots and messaging apps. What personally jumps out at me is the opportunity for travel industry companies to dip their toes into the API world and enable a messaging API for their customer service division.

Kandy.io  recently participated in the Canto.org Conference in Puerto Rico and brought home a number of awesome social good hack solutions. Competing teams started over two months ago to battle it out on who would win the opportunity of getting flown into the finals at the conference.

With Gartner predicting that the number of connected devices will reach 20.8 billion by 2020, the technology world stands on the verge of one of its biggest waves of disruption.

Bangalore, India. Mumbia, India. Ottawa, Canada. Orlando, Florida.

The business model of Communication Service Providers (CSP), traditionally known as telcos, is under attack on multiple fronts. For decades, the telco business model has been one-sided: telcos provide services to consumers in a completely unidirectional paradigm where they define the offering and consumers can take it or try and find another one-sided competing offer.

Living in New York City you become programmed to optimize your fastest route from one location to another choosing in real-time between taking a cab, the subway, or walking.

For over 160 years, the "telecom" industry has been compared to the "transportation" industry. Both industries move things, and move human interactions whether physically or virtually.