Mozilla+Ericsson demo WebRTC...how about operator identity?

Another great WebRTC video by Mozilla. 

It is interesting to try to see beyond these demos.

A key moment in this video is around 1:17, when the speaker says that "because the operators customers are logged in their network, the (operator customer) user can log in with a single click with her  mobile number"...

Does that mean somehow linking access network authentication with service layer?

Well, could be. But there is the Wi-Fi access which is SIM-agnostic.

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Therefore, we could argue that the answer is Open ID.

Actually, Open ID is the truly open alternative for the Web, so of course it makes sense for WebRTC, too.

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Yes, at first I thought Open ID might be used here, but Mozilla's Persona is more likely.

For the operators this is attractive, since some may see Open ID as Google driven initiative.

And of course, we have the Firefox OS devices coming up too.

This one introduced in Barcelona today.

Personally, I don't expect this to mean that WebRTC will appear in mobile devices in the short run.

It will get there. Question is if the launches happen in MWC 2014 or earlier?

Anyway, the operators and open source guys are looking to neutralize the branded software players. 

Chrome talks WebRTC to Firefox!

Chrome talks to Firefox and viceversa!

But actually, in WebRTC world the C2B and B2C cases will be hugely important, so it may be that this will not turn out so relevant as it seems.
However, this is certainly a great boost for WebRTC initiative.
It is easy to imagine Opera joining the interop. Now let's just ask: what does this mean to Microsoft?
The major risk for WebRTC is the codec-related potential patent wars.