Features
Could NaaS transform telecoms’ market revenue share?
NaaS (network-as-a-service) is a major new opportunity enabled by telco cloud. But what is it? How can it be delivered and monetised? Read more…
APIs
Features
Network APIs: Driving new revenue streams for telcos
As connectivity becomes ever more integral to enterprises, network APIs have emerged as a highly anticipated means for telcos to monetise their 5G investments. Read more…
News
Ericsson forks out $6.2 billion for Vonage to boost 5G chops
Ericsson agrees to buy cloud communications firm Vonage in a $6.2 billion all-cash deal in a move to broaden its 5G portfolio. Read more…
Features
API-first reality – agreement on the opportunities but hesitation to act
API-first architecture is an approach to software design centered on the API to make it easy for applications to interface with each other. Read more…
Views
Exposing APIs can create security risks if you’re not careful
The Hong Kong Monetary Authority (HKMA) announced the launch of Open API in July to provide convenient access by the public, preparing Hong Kong to move into a new era of smart banking and ensuring Read more…
News
‘MindReader’ Catalyst PoC uses APIs to track customer intent
To improve customer experience (CX) and increase ARPU, communications service providers (CSPs) traditionally have relied on rather rudimentary tools like surveying customers to determine whether they’re satisfied. More recently, operators have begun using CRM platforms Read more…
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Cellcos keen on open orchestration but legacy is still king
Open-source telecom network orchestration is ripe for disruption in the mobile sector, but proprietary legacy technology continues to dominate the network even in hybrid scenarios, says a report from ABI Research. Orchestration architectures that provide Read more…
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Why (and how) the banks of the future must ‘Amazonize’ themselves
Open banking will require banks to ‘Amazonize’ themselves, where products are created as API services and distributed throughout the consumption of API services. Here’s how they could go about doing that. In his new book Read more…
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TM Forum partners with Linux Foundation to drive open architectures
The TM Forum has announced its official partnership with The Linux Foundation to accelerate CSP adoption of new technology in open source projects and facilitate the emergence of an industry marketplace of compatible open source and commercial Read more…
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Singtel teams with Twilio to accelerate cellular IoT apps development
Singtel announced that it will collaborate with cloud communications platform Twilio to jointly develop a platform that will make IoT more accessible to software developers and accelerate the adoption of IoT solutions in Singapore and Read more…
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Openet releases open APIs to speed up digital B/OSS deployments
Openet has announced the availability of its Openet Digital APIs to enable rapid deployment of digital BSS and OSS platforms. According to Openet, service providers have been at the mercy of large vendors who want Read more…
Features
Digital transformation – a symphony in the making?
It is very easy to become overwhelmed by the hype and terminology around digital transformation. The core issue for communication service providers and network operators is moving from providing basic services like connectivity, voice and Read more…
Videos
Knitting together the fragmented IoT landscape with open APIs
Hidden amongst the hype over the Internet of Things is the fact that the IoT landscape is insanely fragmented. Different IoT platform providers are creating their own ecosystems, as are operators jumping on the IoT Read more…
News
ITU advised to embrace security, privacy and open APIs as core principles
Security and privacy by design, open APIs, network virtualization, identity and authorization, analytics and accessibility have been identified by industry leaders as core principles to guide ITU standardization work towards 2020. This was the collective Read more…
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TM Forum launches online Open API lab on IBM Cloud
The TM Forum has announced the launch of an online Open API lab “platform” that it says will accelerate innovation for service providers and suppliers. The lab provides an environment where users can learn, innovate Read more…
News
MEF releases SDKs with APIs to simplify Ethernet services inside and out
MEF has released two new software development kits for its LSO (Lifecycle Service Orchestration) framework that sport open APIs for orchestrating Ethernet connectivity services across multiple service providers and network technology domains within a service Read more…
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TM Forum smart-city platform manifesto calls for open standards and APIs
The TM Forum has unveiled its City as a Platform Manifesto to accelerate the development of smart cities globally. Launched Wednesday at its Smart City InFocus event in Yinchuan, China, the manifesto pledges to develop a new Read more…
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Some companies still don’t “get” the cloud – they’d better learn fast
Many services are moving to the cloud. At the same time, many companies are still struggling to understand how to use clouds, and whether they are safe. There seems to be fundamental lack of knowledge Read more…
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ETSI group releases first APIs for MEC interoperability
ETSI’s Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) Industry Specification Group (ISG) has released of a first package of standardized APIs to support edge computing interoperability. The five ETSI Group Specifications – GS MEC 009, GS MEC 010-2, GS MEC 011, GS Read more…
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NTT DoCoMo unveils open initiative for AI Agent API
NTT DoCoMo has announced its new “docomo AI Agent Open Partner Initiative” to facilitate collaborative development of new offerings implemented with a service-agnostic, device-agnostic speech interface based on DoCoMo’s AI Agent API. Through the initiative, Read more…