Live Q&A discussion
The live Q&A show was broadcast at the end of day two of the Telco as a Platform Summit. TelecomTV’s Guy Daniels was joined by industry guest panellists for this question and answer session. Among the questions raised by our audience were:
- Which is the better option – an operator-specific API marketplace or a telco industry-level API marketplace?
- Given the different components that are built into platforms, how will the CSPs differentiate themselves from the various platforms out there?
- Is there a danger that telcos create APIs for services they want to offer, rather than create APIs for actual problems that developers face?
- To what extent is a platform strategy dependent upon developer access to telco software development kits (SDKs) that house network-as-a-service (NaaS) APIs?
- What are the most effective go-to-market strategies for telcos to sell their platform capabilities to the enterprise?
- Telcos are faced with multiple API standards, different industry bodies, vendor influence, open standards and more. Are these challenges or opportunities?
- Is the industry ready to move beyond consumers and address enterprise use cases? We’ve been doing this for years – what has changed now?
Speakers
Beth Cohen
SDN Network Product Strategy, Verizon Business Group
Paul Miller
Chief Technology Officer, Wind River
Petar Torre
Principal Engineer, Intel Corporation