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2 3 Network Network 2020 2020 First Edition February 2017 Network The GSMA represents the interests of mobile operators worldwide, uniting nearly 800 operators Network The GSMA’s Network 2020 Programme is designed to help operators and the wider mobile industry to deliver all-IP 2020 2020 with almost 300 companies in the broader mobile networks so that everyone benefits regardless of where ecosystem, including handset and device makers, their starting point might be on the journey. software companies, equipment providers and The programme has three key work-streams focused internet companies, as well as organisations in on: The development and deployment of IP services, adjacent industry sectors. The GSMA also produces the evolution of the 4G networks and the 5G Journey, industry-leading events such as Mobile World developing the next generation of mobile technologies Congress, Mobile World Congress Shanghai, Mobile and services. World Congress Americas and the Mobile 360 Series of conferences. For more information, please visit the Network 2020 website at www.gsma.com/network2020 For more information, please visit the GSMA Follow Network 2020 on Twitter: #Network2020. corporate website at www.gsma.com. Contents Follow the GSMA on Twitter: @GSMA 4 What is Messaging as a Platform? 6 Role of Artificial Intelligence 8 Chatbots for Business 10 The Operator Opportunity 12 The Challenge 14 Key Principles for MaaP 16 Building a Successful Ecosystem 18 Enabling Collaboration and Competition 20 Use Case Examples 24 The Value Chain 26 Monetising MaaP 28 Universal Profile for Advanced Messaging 30 GSMA Support gsma.com/network2020 Messaging as a Platform #network2020 Copyright© 2017 GSMA The Operator Opportunity
4 5 What is Messaging as a Platform? MaaP is expected to go mainstream in the next 6-18 months and represents five apps see heavy use3. The GSMA’s vision is to establish a common, an opportunity for operators to expand global and interconnected messaging Mobile messaging is undergoing customers spend their existing SMS A2P businesses by platform that removes the need for 85% of their something of a renaissance with establishing an advanced and flexible multiple messaging apps and delivers the rise of Messaging as a Platform. MaaP ecosystem that capitalises on a unified, consistent and engaging user This is an exciting new area that their pre-existing customer bases and experience. Through partnerships and smartphone represents an incredible opportunity key assets such as customer trust and industry collaboration operators can for businesses and mobile network privacy. However, in order to achieve create a community that can be scaled operators to increase their this, they must collaborate with large to almost two billion users by 2020. engagement with customers. MaaP TIME IN APPS internet players to help develop new This report highlights the key steps enables communications services value propositions. Operators are well operators need to take to deploy these between third party businesses There are already a number of services positioned to be part of this next wave services. and customers opening up a range available today such as Apple Siri, of transformation and the opportunity of services that utilise chatbots, Amazon Echo, Wechat, Google is there for to build partnerships and 1 http://www.gartner.com/imagesrv/summits/docs/na/ Plugins, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Assistant and Facebook Messenger, engage with new entrants in this customer-360/C360_2011_brochure_FINAL.pdf industrial applications. This provides however, the majority, with the notable 2 http://www.mobilesquared.co.uk/blog/ emerging space, playing a central users with direct access to a range of exception of China’s Wechat, are in mobilesquareds-latest-databook-says-mobile- role and helping to shape its future operators-key-to-unlocking-massive-a2p-messaging- brands and services from within the their infancy in terms of customer development. opportunity/ messaging app itself allowing them reach and capability. 3 http://www.businessofapps.com/we-spend-84-of-our- to engage with virtual assistants to MaaP is an opportunity for operators time-using-just-five-mobile-applications/ Application–to-Person (A2P) book flights, buy clothes or make to reshape and revitalise their services, are being upgraded by restaurant reservations without having messaging services and play a adding richer message functionality to download multiple apps. It also central role in the future of IP-based represents a number of advantages via RCS and a diverse and more messaging. According to Nielsen, for businesses who can offer 24/7 flexible range of functions that can customers spend 85% of their time ‘always on’ services to customers. be taken over by chatbots, which on smartphones in apps but only Gartner predicts that by 2020 85% will grow as functionality improves. of customer interactions will be A2P SMS provides operators with an managed without a human1. opportunity to migrate ther SMS traffic to enriched RCS based messaging and By 2020 85% of customer then further into chatbots. A2P can be considered the precursor of chatbots and the first step in creating a full- fledged chatbot platform. This is a huge market - Mobilesquared estimate the chatbot market to be worth $58.75 billion by 20202. interactions will be managed without a human gsma.com/network2020 Messaging as a Platform #network2020 The Operator Opportunity
6 7 Role of Artificial Intelligence The development of artificial intelligence has paved the way for a rise in the number of virtual assistants that are helping to make our lives a lot easier and change the way we interact with businesses. AI based assistants have the ability to learn and incorporate information in their knowledge bases as well as recognise speech and provide messages. Indeed, Google estimates that 50% of all searches will be voice searches by 20204. Amazon’s digital assistant, Alexa, for example, can tell you the news, play music or adjust your lighting or heating settings via voice commands. Or Apple’s Siri, which is used for a range of services including financial transactions. It is a This, in turn, has kick-started the huge growth area that has seen huge development of chatbot services by investment from internet giants such third party organisations opening as Google, Facebook and Microsoft. up the number of services available More than USD$300 million was to customers. This is no surprise invested by venture capitalists in considering the Digital Virtual AI startups in 20145. Assistants market is expected to be worth USD$15.8 billion in 2021, according to the consulting firm, Tractica6. Digital Virtual assistants market is expected to be worth USD$15.8in 2021billion 4 https://www.branded3.com/blog/ok-google-give- stats-voice-search/ 5 https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-02- 03/i-ll-be-back-the-return-of-artificial-intelligence 6 Virtual Digital Assistants: Virtual Agents, Chatbots, and Virtual Assistants for Consumer and Enterprise Markets Utilizing Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, and Conversational User Interfaces. Tractica, L.L.C. 2016 gsma.com/network2020 Messaging as a Platform #network2020 The Operator Opportunity
8 9 Chatbots for Business A chatbot is an intelligent ‘agent’ or ‘software robot’ that mimics human conversation to communicate with customers through a messaging interface using artificial intelligence. It can help enterprises and service providers add customer value for comparatively little effort by helping people to send money, order food or book flights by using simple chat style interactions. It is a fast-growing market; developers have built over 30,000 bots in six months for Facebook Messenger7. Chatbots represent a tremendous Opening hours no longer exist; opportunity for enterprises and customers are savvier and prefer social businesses. They provide a simple, media and messaging platforms to convenient and interactive way of organise their lives. They want a less connecting directly with customers formal, instant and more personal on their devices offering a similar touch from businesses. Chatbots are experience to conversing with a human the answer to this and are the present agent or employee from a service and future of customer engagement. based organisation. Chatbots can They augment existing human staff be purpose built for any messaging to fulfil customer demands. platform and can support businesses in ways a human team can’t by offering a According to the consulting firm, 24/7/365 online presence, support and Tractica, there will be an estimated direct customer engagement. 1.8 billion unique, active chatbot or virtual assistant users by 20218 and 51% of people expected a Research by mobile messaging software a market worth more than $600 business to be available to them 24hrs a day platform, Ubisend, highlighted the billion in revenues by 2020.9 This is changes in customer behaviour in the an opportunity that operators cannot internet age. It found that 51% of people afford to miss. expected a business to be available to them 24/7, that 45.8% would rather 7 http://newsroom.fb.com/news/2016/09/more- seamless-more-ways-to-share-more-ways-to-buy- 7days a week 365 days a year contact a business through messaging more-context-introducing-messenger-platform-v1-2/ than email and 49.4% would rather 8 Virtual Digital Assistants: Virtual Agents, Chatbots, and Virtual Assistants for Consumer and Enterprise Markets message than phone. Utilizing Artificial Intelligence, Natural Language Processing, and Conversational User Interfaces. Tractica, L.L.C. 2016 9 Inbenta: http://sjstransky.writerfolio.com/ attachments/81067.pdf gsma.com/network2020 Messaging as a Platform #network2020 The Operator Opportunity
10 11 The Operator Opportunity The user base for major IP messaging services is projected to exceed four billion10 by the end of the year. This is a larger user base than the entire social media market and is approaching parity with the number of unique mobile subscribers worldwide. In 2016, the top two over the top (OTT) IP messaging services both surpassed a billion active users each. OTT messaging services are now becoming platforms to introduce and monetise other services such as music, gaming and payments that are The commercialisation of messaging enhanced by the use of chatbots and platforms has opened up the AI. This approach is most evident in ecosystem to other suppliers. Adjacent Asia via providers such as WeChat, industries such as energy, retail, Line and Kakao. With the emergence automotive, manufacturing and of chatbots and AI, Facebook, Apple, construction have undergone a digital Microsoft, Samsung and Amazon transformation in recent years and are have all begun to establish platforms looking to provide consumers with to leverage these new innovations digital services that enhance their choosing to either compete with user experience on top of existing operator messaging businesses or services as well as improve customer partner with them by integrating their engagement and increased revenues. platforms. The third quarter of 2015 saw the largest amount of venture-capital activity on record in the mobile sector which was driven by mobile commerce as new companies and services like chatbots continued to emerge and scale rapidly. Market worth 10 https://www.gsmaintelligence.comresearch/ ?file=8750c0890d2671335ceee4b3c19738c0&download USD$74 by 2021 Billion gsma.com/network2020 Messaging as a Platform #network2020 The Operator Opportunity
12 13 The Challenge The challenge for operators is to seize the opportunity The GSMA’s vision is to establish a and respond through innovation by reshaping messaging to build relevant service features for industry partners as “Connected well as more attractive propositions for their end-users. standard or platform” next to existing OTT According to research by analyst house, Informa, the rise of OTT messaging applications means “Single Islands”. operators can no longer depend on person to person SMS revenue, and in time A2P SMS revenue will also come under pressure. In future both should be replaced by launching Advanced Messaging and augmenting and migrating the A2P business to the new The large messaging platforms in the technical basis. Informa estimates that market today are proprietary solutions, this will be a market worth USD$74 characterised by a few dominant billion by 2021. players where new entrants find it difficult to compete. Messaging app MaaP is an opportunity for operators users can only communicate with to grow revenue by augmenting and other users of the same app, forcing then migrating their A2P business to end users to have multiple applications a new technical basis that offers new installed on their devices. The GSMA’s capabilities and shares in the revenue vision is to establish a “Connected generated by new business paradigms standard or platform” next to existing such as Artificial Intelligence, chatbots OTT “single islands”. Operators could and in-chat search. If operators do not then offer their own MaaP service respond quickly to this opportunity, or partner with global platforms to they could lose out on this part of the enable co-operation models with communication value chain. different third parties. Operators are well positioned to be part of this next wave of transformation and the opportunity is there for them to build partnerships and engage with new entrants in this emerging space, playing a central role and helping to shape its future development. gsma.com/network2020 Messaging as a Platform #network2020 The Operator Opportunity
14 15 Key Principles for MaaP MaaP will require a paradigm shift in the way operators work and require closer relationships with partners and a mindset shift to deal with them as partners and not vendors. This has implications for business models, business architecture and customer experience. The following principles are essential to ensuring Advanced Messaging emerges as the communications platform of choice. •Openness: Universal access • Reward: Parties in the ecosystem, for customers and partners such as MNOs and partners will ensuring all participants can share the rewards according to contribute to and enjoy a contributed value. competitive marketplace with • Value: commercial agreements will simplicity underpinning the underpin access to MNO MaaP. connection and operation • Transparency: Ensure that of the platform. participants in the value chain • Innovation: Increased have visibility of the value flows competitiveness of new and existing and benefits accrued to each party. services based on messaging • Privacy: customer privacy and bringing innovative new products the value of the MNO customer to market. base shall be protected through • Reach: Realising the value of the optional anonymity. global MNO user base, where any chatbot can reach any advanced messaging user. • Quality: Messaging performance and partner applications and interactions must adhere to the highest standards respecting customer preferences and privacy. operators working • Protection: MNOs will retain the ability to control access to its customers and maintain adherence in partnership for benefit of the end user to standards. gsma.com/network2020 Messaging as a Platform #network2020 The Operator Opportunity
16 17 Building a Successful Ecosystem MaaP can’t be created in isolation and requires operators to develop industry partnerships and work collaboratively with service providers, internet players and the wider ecosystem to deliver a business model that can scale globally and deliver collective long-term commercial success. In order to compete with the richness can generate revenues from this and of the experience on other platforms, for access to the customer. It may operators need to collaborate with be difficult, however, to quantify and other players in the content and account for this value created outside devices world in a way that goes of the messaging client. beyond the current vendor-customer MaaP is ideally placed to act as an relationship. enabler to a potential ecosystem Successful platforms have often of developers and service providers prioritised scale over value. in much the same way as Apple, The ecosystem strategy should Google and Salesforce have with focus initially on determining the their platform business models. PAY YOUR requirements of the platform, the By bringing all operators BILLS products and services, and the together behind a single MaaP FIND A CHECK THE partners and collaborators that will strategy a community of RESTAURANT WEATHER drive uptake and achieve scale. Once almost two billion users ssaging is th Me achieved the core offering will emerge can be created. and evolve. As scale develops, the A community of this en focus can build on the initial value scale gives MaaP the PLAY ORDER ew platform propositions with network effect scale to compete driving uptake and further creation of at the global GAMES A TAXI value. level. The discovery and adoption of new business models are critical to capturing value. One of the most important revenues streams will be in BOOK PLAY MUSIC building or enhancing “user profiles” A TABLE AND VIDEO which will lead to personalised MONITOR advertising and branding. Operators FITNESS gsma.com/network2020 Messaging as a Platform Framework #network2020 The Operator Opportunity Value for MNOs by customer relevance and
18 19 Enabling Collaboration and Competition Ecosystems, particularly around platform business models, require collaboration. However, the realities of contracting, on-boarding, knowledge sharing and technical integration all represent challenges, particularly for operators that have traditionally operated in a ring- fenced manner where interoperability dominates over collaboration and commonality. Players within ecosystems work both metered usage charging; accessible cooperatively and competitively support and a developer engagement to support new products, satisfy programme to communicate, educate customer needs, and eventually and motivate. incorporate the next round of Collaboration and co-creation within innovations. Co-operation is the new the ecosystem allows each participant business model for the platform to access skills and capabilities from generation and where operators act others to create synergies and achieve in the role of a platform provider, scale (the co-operation business they will need to be subject to the model). Each participant has to have same principles of collaboration and a clear understanding of the role or competition, no different to third-party roles they can play and a focus on platform providers. the strategic threats and potential opportunities that make part- Successful platforms invest significant ownership of a large platform business time and resource into generating model more valuable than complete demand side value. Developers, brands ownership of a small single business and other demand-side providers model. need a simple route to connect with and utilise the platform. This could take the shape of a standard approach for connecting chatbot platforms to operator networks such as a single contract for services and access or other forms such as self-service or one-stop shop usage models; gsma.com/network2020 Messaging as a Platform #network2020 The Operator Opportunity
20 21 • The seller can have a conversation and insert them into your Use Case Examples with you to find you the best offer or product. conversation exchange with any contact. There are a huge number of areas where innovative • Once you have made your choice third-party services can be supported by chatbots you can confirm and initiate the or plugins. Here are some examples: payment within the conversation. • Your retailer will keep you updated with messages to indicate the Information exchange and media delivery to you. subscriptions • After you have received your item • Send a one-off message Travelling Customer Services and Support you can share a rating and review to anonymously vote in your • Query your airline about available • Send questions and concerns about the service and the favourite TV show flights and make a booking through directly to a company about purchased item. • Receive confirmation and the conversational interface. your subscription through a a reminder about the next • Receive flight check-in reminders, conversational-based messaging opportunity to vote. change seat or select your meal interface instead of waiting in a long • Receive an offer to watch premium in advance. Receive boarding phone queue. Geo-location and calendar-based content e.g. pay and watch the passes within the conversation • Compose a message with your services video of the winning song through thread as well as flight status request at your convenience and • Combine location, calendar and the messaging interface notifications. receive meaningful feedback in public APIs to receive information return. from a chatbot suggesting times and routes to your next destination based on the events Gaming Mobile Banking in your calendar. For example, • Keep yourself amused with • Contact your bank and using secure Resource reservation and Personal you could receive a message conversation-based games and authentication, use financial organisation from the chatbot to let you know puzzles in a gaming chatbot. services with another bank such • Book a ticket for the cinema, when you have to get on your way • Interaction within a game is saved as transfer money or request select your movie, your seat and to your next event, with directions, and accessible to be continued at account balance. finally complete the booking best route, traffic information, and/ your convenience in the messaging • Inform your bank that you are by triggering the payment and or public transportation details. conversation. going to a specific foreign location receiving the ticket (e.g. QR code) in • Communicate with others on the beforehand to pre-authorise foreign your conversation screen. top scoreboard and pay to keep usage of credit cards. privileges (e.g. gold star for not • Be reliably contacted by your bank Stickers and other content missing a day). checking on a suspicious credit card • Browse and download stickers, charge. Block the card and obtain Shopping & Purchasing pictures, animations or cartoons new one while taking the necessary • Purchase goods online. Contact the fraud reporting steps immediately seller and explain exactly what you from the conversation. want.
22 23 you could receive a message from the chatbot to let you know when you have to get on your way Intra-company communication to your next event, with directions, Fitness • Receive messages from a closed best route, traffic information, and/ • Track fitness using the smartphone’s user group such as an intra- or public transportation details. activity data and share this with the company communication designed fitness tracking provider of your for employees of the same choice. company. • Receive regular information • Support confidentiality obligations Location tracking on sports exercises, messages i.e. communications are not subject • Share your location with close ones of encouragement, health tips to data mining etc. so that they know where you are. and recipes etc. • Initiate a voice call to a number • Agree on a meeting venue with associated with the chatbot owner friends in a group conversation and during the session. track each other on your way to the Non-conversational use cases venue. Mobile messaging services already Payment provide the communication • Pay for products or services with To do lists infrastructure for many other use cases end to end encryption within the • Set up and manage shopping lists that do not require chatbots, messaging app. or to-do list within a 1-to-1 or group for example:- • These interactions can have conversation. different levels of authentication • Cross off items once they are based on the service (i.e. buying a purchased or completed and share sticker can occur anonymously, but the list with contacts as desired. Appointment alerted service transacting with your bank account management requires higher levels of security). • Get reminders on tasks that need to Geo-location and calendar-based be completed. services. Voting and polls • Combine location, calendar and • Set up a poll or quiz for invited public APIs to receive information contacts to participate in. from a chatbot suggesting Promotional codes times and routes to your next • Receive marketing messages that destination based on the events contain brand logos and images in your calendar. For example, Translation of products as well as promotional • Translate text in any language as codes. you type. gsma.com/network2020 Messaging as a Platform #network2020 The Operator Opportunity
24 25 The Value Chain The user base for major IP messaging services is projected to exceed four billion11 by the end of the year. This is a larger user base than the entire social media market and is approaching parity with the number of unique mobile subscribers worldwide. Ensuring openness in the ecosystem Operators should consider an agreed provides the opportunity for increased contractual and technical framework competition and innovation of new or set of principles in order to provide services, especially in cooperation with a consistent entry point to the MaaP local and global partners or operators ecosystem regardless of which operator who will provide platforms on top an A2P partner contracts with. of Advanced Messaging. Operators are strongly positioned in the value chain. The chatbot platform can be a content provider and may provide the messaging backend to the operator. If an operator takes the role of a chatbot Store or A2P partner and distributes content across other networks, they must enter into equivalent agreements with other operators as any other chatbot platform would do. gsma.com/network2020 11 https://www.gsmaintelligence.comresearch/ Messaging as a Platform #network2020 ?file=8750c0890d2671335ceee4b3c19738c0&download The Operator Opportunity
26 27 Monetising MaaP There are two key models for monetising MaaP which are direct and indirect based revenue models. A direct-based model is where an operator collects value directly from a user or content owner either through charging for the messages or charging for the content of messages. The indirect model is where the value is collected elsewhere in the ecosystem, for example by a chatbot, Plugin developer or AI and a share of the revenue is received by the operator. Operators currently enjoy a 100% to Advanced Messaging. Operators billing relationship with their can also successfully build a MaaP customers and billing is seen as a key ecosystem capitalising on assets asset and differentiator for operator such as customer trust and based MaaP. By enabling quick and privacy as well as their easy payment mechanisms with larger customer base low friction, operators can develop and existing SMS an additional direct revenue source. A2P businesses. With the emergence of new services, indirect revenue models will need to coexist with and supplement the direct ORDER A FIND A TAXI revenue models. Bilateral commercial RESTAURANT agreements will, therefore, need to PAY FOR IT exist between platform or content providers and operators as BOOK A TABLE a precondition for access BOOK A HOTEL CHECK THE WEATHER gsma.com/network2020 Messaging as a Platform #network2020 The Operator Opportunity
28 29 Universal Profile for Advanced Messaging The GSMA’s Universal Profile for Advanced Messaging (UP) has united mobile operators (MNO), operating system providers and handset manufacturers behind a single global specification for IP-based carrier messaging. A single, open and common UP Messaging as a Platform (MaaP) simplifies and accelerates the adoption utilises the UP to enable a range of interoperable communications of services through the use of services allowing customers to benefit chatbots, plugins, AI and third-party from a richer and more consistent industrial applications providing messaging experience regardless of users with direct access to a range of what device or network they are on. brands and services from within the It also removes the need to download messaging app itself. MaaP will be a multiple messaging apps. As this is key component of the next Universal adopted around the world customers Profile release expected in Spring 2017 will benefit from upgraded voice and providing MNOs and partners with the SMS services and other enhanced ability to shape the future features such as instant messaging, of messaging. chat, photo sharing, live video, video calling and file sharing that work across any device and on any network. It is currently supported by 58 operators, OEMs and OS providers worldwide. gsma.com/network2020 Messaging as a Platform #network2020 The Operator Opportunity
30 31 The GSMA Support Making Messaging The GSMA has a mission to help Advanced Messaging progress as quickly as possible, as a Platform a reality rather than be restrained by a rigid and time-consuming release schedule. Each release “Messaging as a Platform offers will be backwards compatible, ensuring the advanced messaging apps can interact with significant advantages to operators earlier back-end and handset software. The and the wider ecosystem’. Universal Profile is a key building block in the construction of an Advanced Messaging proposition that delivers reliability and reach By establishing a clear ecosystem without being rigid. strategy from the outset, MaaP can be successful. However, this requires By delivering economies of scale and a concerted and unified effort by interoperability, the Universal Profile will ensure operators to move their messaging mobile operators remain at the heart of the communications experience. It is the next solutions to the next level and MaaP generation of messaging and it is the right time acts as the launch pad for chatbots to do it. Over 500 networks, billions of users and Plugins but also looks ahead to from the existing SMS community, Android and other core businesses. All ecosystem other OS users to engage with. Everything is in stakeholders must also work as a place. collective and think creatively about business models, charging and interconnect principles to nurture the MaaP opportunity and help it achieve scale and long-term commercial success. MaaP will be a key component of the next release of the GSMA’s Universal Profile expected in Spring 2017 and operators and partners have the ability to be involved and shape the bright future of MaaP. To find out more about Network 2020 please go to www. gsma.com/network2020 gsma.com/network2020 Messaging as a Platform #network2020 The Operator Opportunity
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