Apparatus to mediate and developers and network operators

An apparatus for intermediating a plurality of network operators and one or more developers is provided. The apparatus includes an obtaining unit for obtaining a requirement about a computer program required by each network operator; an integration unit for integrating mutually-related requirements among the obtained requirements into one requirement; a generation unit for generating information about the necessity for development of a computer program implementing the integrated requirement; and a presentation unit for presenting the one or more developers with the integrated requirement and the information about the necessity.