?? Joakim Sorelius joined Silicon Valley Tech Talks to discuss the industry-defining agreement between some of the world's largest telecom operators and Ericsson to form a new venture. Tune in.
Telecom Innovation—Access to Network Capabilities with APIs: We interviewed Joakim Sorelius in the latest Silicon Valley Tech Talks show. Joakim is Vice President and Head of the Global Network Platform at Ericsson. Some major mobile network operators, together with Ericsson and Vonage, have started an initiative where these companies are forming a venture that will make network APIs available to developers. Joakim is spearheading this initiative from Ericsson's side. In this informative session, we discussed the following topics with Joakim: (1) The business model for this new initiative and the value it intends to create for the ecosystem. (2) Examples of key network capabilities that could be accessed and configured through network APIs and resulting use cases. (3) How deep will these APIs penetrate in the network stack? This factor can directly affect the ease of implementation. (4) Standardization mechanisms for these network APIs (5) Steps to encourage other Mobile Network Operators and Infrastructure equipment provider companies to participate in this initiative. Cc: Joakim Sorelius, B?rje Ekholm, Niklas Heuveldop, Ericsson, Vonage, Google, América Móvil, AT&T, airtel, Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Reliance Jio, Singtel, Telefonica, Telstra, T-Mobile, Verizon, Vodafone.