Telecommunications is no longer a stand-alone industry, it is part of the broader IT (Information Technology) industry, just like IT telecoms must embed across many industries to become the “essential spice” for any service or business process.
The financial markets have placed a $4T enterprise value on the telecom industry; the challenge facing us in the coming decade in the telecom industry is to realize our position in the emerging ecosystems beyond simply fast pipes to the internet.
This white paper reviews the current state of the industry on network APIs, their importance to telecoms and most importantly a set of case studies on how operators are successfully using network APIs to innovate.
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