Network and service APIs: implications for CSPs’ operational systems
04 April 2025 | Research
Strategy report | PPTX and PDF (6 slides) | Automated Assurance| Service Design and Orchestration| Applications Data and Strategies
"It is essential that CSPs standardise and aggregate all APIs into a functionally rich commercial solution."
Many communications services providers’ (CSPs’) and OSS/BSS vendors’ operational systems and services are currently being exposed through APIs, which are often managed by standalone, quick-fix solutions. However, this approach may lead to increased complexity in the future. CSPs must adopt a more-holistic strategy for API management.
Information included in this report
- An examination of the operational implications of API exposure
- An overview of the tools that are currently in use
- The efforts that CSPs will be required to undertake to support telecoms-specific APIs
- The strategies that CSPs should consider to support public APIs
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Author
Justin van der Lande
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