Comments on: Ribbit Aquired by British Telecom http://thethomashowecompany.com/407/ribbit-aquired-by-british-telecom Mashing Voice and Process without Mercy Thu, 08 Apr 2010 12:50:20 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Thomas Howe » Ribbit Aquired by British Telecom http://thethomashowecompany.com/407/ribbit-aquired-by-british-telecom/comment-page-1#comment-973 Thomas Howe » Ribbit Aquired by British Telecom Mon, 01 Dec 2008 17:52:39 +0000 http://thethomashowecompany.com/407/ribbit-aquired-by-british-telecom#comment-973 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] written by Thomas Howe, posted on July 9, 2008 at 9:58 am, filed under Lead Stories. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> Kramer auto Pingback[...] written by Thomas Howe, posted on July 9, 2008 at 9:58 am, filed under Lead Stories. Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: [...]

]]> By: VoIP Watch: Did Ribbit Get Bought? http://thethomashowecompany.com/407/ribbit-aquired-by-british-telecom/comment-page-1#comment-839 VoIP Watch: Did Ribbit Get Bought? Sun, 14 Sep 2008 11:12:53 +0000 http://thethomashowecompany.com/407/ribbit-aquired-by-british-telecom#comment-839 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] TechCrunch and others are speculating that BT purchased Ribbit. [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> Kramer auto Pingback[...] TechCrunch and others are speculating that BT purchased Ribbit. [...]

]]> By: TM Forum Community - Blogs http://thethomashowecompany.com/407/ribbit-aquired-by-british-telecom/comment-page-1#comment-724 TM Forum Community - Blogs Fri, 01 Aug 2008 04:07:40 +0000 http://thethomashowecompany.com/407/ribbit-aquired-by-british-telecom#comment-724 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] As I reported a few weeks ago, Ribbit has indeed been sold to BT. The selling price — $105 million — has caused some surprise. However, it makes complete sense to me.  Here’s the math that makes that work: BT has relationships with several thousand global companies in Britain and beyond: British Airways, the BBC, HSBC, Barclays, Royal Dutch Shell, BP, RBS…  you get the picture.  Each of these companies will one day demand (if not already) that their telecom provider offer APIs so that they can integrate their business process with the communications infrastructure.  Thus, the BT Web21C APIs are born.As a round number, assume that each large company has between twenty and forty large applications that require integration and management. We can count six areas that all have right off the bat : CRM, ERP, HR, logistics, inventory management, IT automation. No stretch to imagine that each area has several applications in it, or different divisions have different needs, etc.Again, as a round number, business efficiencies of 20% are commonly seen in CEBP applications, providing ample reason to integrate communications systems with enterprise applications.So, from simple multiplication, we have several thousand companies with 20 to 40 applications each, giving us about 30,000 CEBP applications for BT’s large customer base alone.From a world-wide market perspective, just multiply that number times the number of large carriers. [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> Kramer auto Pingback[...] As I reported a few weeks ago, Ribbit has indeed been sold to BT. The selling price — $105 million — has caused some surprise. However, it makes complete sense to me.  Here’s the math that makes that work: BT has relationships with several thousand global companies in Britain and beyond: British Airways, the BBC, HSBC, Barclays, Royal Dutch Shell, BP, RBS…  you get the picture.  Each of these companies will one day demand (if not already) that their telecom provider offer APIs so that they can integrate their business process with the communications infrastructure.  Thus, the BT Web21C APIs are born.As a round number, assume that each large company has between twenty and forty large applications that require integration and management. We can count six areas that all have right off the bat : CRM, ERP, HR, logistics, inventory management, IT automation. No stretch to imagine that each area has several applications in it, or different divisions have different needs, etc.Again, as a round number, business efficiencies of 20% are commonly seen in CEBP applications, providing ample reason to integrate communications systems with enterprise applications.So, from simple multiplication, we have several thousand companies with 20 to 40 applications each, giving us about 30,000 CEBP applications for BT’s large customer base alone.From a world-wide market perspective, just multiply that number times the number of large carriers. [...]

]]> By: Telco 2.0: Guest post: Why Ribbit is worth $105m to BT http://thethomashowecompany.com/407/ribbit-aquired-by-british-telecom/comment-page-1#comment-720 Telco 2.0: Guest post: Why Ribbit is worth $105m to BT Thu, 31 Jul 2008 13:20:13 +0000 http://thethomashowecompany.com/407/ribbit-aquired-by-british-telecom#comment-720 <!--%kramer-ref-pre%-->[...] As I reported a few weeks ago, Ribbit has indeed been sold to BT. The selling price — $105 million — has caused some surprise. However, it makes complete sense to me.  Here’s the math that makes that work: [...]<!--%kramer-ref-post%--> Kramer auto Pingback[...] As I reported a few weeks ago, Ribbit has indeed been sold to BT. The selling price — $105 million — has caused some surprise. However, it makes complete sense to me.  Here’s the math that makes that work: [...]

]]> By: Official: Ribbit acquired by BT for $105 million | Web 2 Voice http://thethomashowecompany.com/407/ribbit-aquired-by-british-telecom/comment-page-1#comment-703 Official: Ribbit acquired by BT for $105 million | Web 2 Voice Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:31:08 +0000 http://thethomashowecompany.com/407/ribbit-aquired-by-british-telecom#comment-703 [...] can be found here. I discussed this previously here, mainly agreeing with Thomas Howe’s take.  But in reading the press release, it sounds as if BT paid $105 million for easier access to [...] [...] can be found here. I discussed this previously here, mainly agreeing with Thomas Howe’s take.  But in reading the press release, it sounds as if BT paid $105 million for easier access to [...]

]]> By: Thomas Howe » Now the Real Ribbit Comes Forth http://thethomashowecompany.com/407/ribbit-aquired-by-british-telecom/comment-page-1#comment-702 Thomas Howe » Now the Real Ribbit Comes Forth Tue, 29 Jul 2008 14:30:26 +0000 http://thethomashowecompany.com/407/ribbit-aquired-by-british-telecom#comment-702 [...] As I reported a few weeks ago, Ribbit has indeed been sold to BT, and as many thought, it wasn’t for 55 million. It was for $105 million… which makes complete sense to me.  I know I’m going to cross over into the report I’m writing again if I’m not careful, but here’s the math that makes that work: [...] [...] As I reported a few weeks ago, Ribbit has indeed been sold to BT, and as many thought, it wasn’t for 55 million. It was for $105 million… which makes complete sense to me.  I know I’m going to cross over into the report I’m writing again if I’m not careful, but here’s the math that makes that work: [...]

]]> By: HeavyLight http://thethomashowecompany.com/407/ribbit-aquired-by-british-telecom/comment-page-1#comment-701 HeavyLight Tue, 29 Jul 2008 11:27:29 +0000 http://thethomashowecompany.com/407/ribbit-aquired-by-british-telecom#comment-701 The deal has now been confirmed by BT at $105 million - considerably more than the previously reported $55m. BT press release: http://bit.ly/3c8et1 The deal has now been confirmed by BT at $105 million – considerably more than the previously reported $55m.
BT press release: http://bit.ly/3c8et1

]]> By: Aniq Rahman http://thethomashowecompany.com/407/ribbit-aquired-by-british-telecom/comment-page-1#comment-646 Aniq Rahman Wed, 16 Jul 2008 21:26:24 +0000 http://thethomashowecompany.com/407/ribbit-aquired-by-british-telecom#comment-646 Seems like this deal didn't go through just yet. In any event, $13 MM isn't their valuation (they might have given up 60-80% for that $13MM - who knows) Seems like this deal didn’t go through just yet. In any event, $13 MM isn’t their valuation (they might have given up 60-80% for that $13MM – who knows)

]]> By: Sean O Sullivan http://thethomashowecompany.com/407/ribbit-aquired-by-british-telecom/comment-page-1#comment-604 Sean O Sullivan Thu, 10 Jul 2008 00:42:06 +0000 http://thethomashowecompany.com/407/ribbit-aquired-by-british-telecom#comment-604 In short: I'm with you Thomas. It's not about GrandCentral (although that may have been an easy headline for the original article, which I understand). BT are *very* much in the game of figuring out how to open their network, extract value from these two-sided business models (see: Martin Geddes and Telco 2.0) and push on with their enterprise focus especially (where, as you've often highlighted, there is so much potential for either adding value or stripping cost if voice can truly be a first class citizen in the process). i'm just surprised that Ribbit went from new-kid-on-the-block to Acquired-by-BT in such a short time! As an entrepreneur, I have to say: hats off! :-) In short: I’m with you Thomas. It’s not about GrandCentral (although that may have been an easy headline for the original article, which I understand). BT are *very* much in the game of figuring out how to open their network, extract value from these two-sided business models (see: Martin Geddes and Telco 2.0) and push on with their enterprise focus especially (where, as you’ve often highlighted, there is so much potential for either adding value or stripping cost if voice can truly be a first class citizen in the process).

i’m just surprised that Ribbit went from new-kid-on-the-block to Acquired-by-BT in such a short time! As an entrepreneur, I have to say: hats off! :-)

]]> By: Ribbit acquired by British Telecom | Web 2 Voice http://thethomashowecompany.com/407/ribbit-aquired-by-british-telecom/comment-page-1#comment-603 Ribbit acquired by British Telecom | Web 2 Voice Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:11:54 +0000 http://thethomashowecompany.com/407/ribbit-aquired-by-british-telecom#comment-603 [...] was bought by Google, and has been languishing on the sidelines since. Thomas Howe things that is hogwash, and I agree with him.  An excerpt: It doesn’t pass Occam’s razor: there’s a simpler reason [...] [...] was bought by Google, and has been languishing on the sidelines since. Thomas Howe things that is hogwash, and I agree with him.  An excerpt: It doesn’t pass Occam’s razor: there’s a simpler reason [...]

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