5G Exposure and Network APIs: How Will the Telecom Ecosystem Capture New Opportunities with Developers?

Executive Snapshot

• Figure: Executive Snapshot: 5G Exposure and Network APIs — How Will the Telecom Ecosystem Capture New Opportunities with Developers?

New Market Developments and Dynamics

• Comms SPs Will Leverage 5G as Inroads to Drive More Engagement with the Developer Community

• Figure: Change in Final Spending Compared with Organization's Original Budget for 2023

• 5G Network and Service Exposure Defined: The Marriage of Mobile Networks and Application Developers

• Why Now for Network and Service Exposure? The Comms SP Business Dilemma

• Figure: Comms SP Acute Challenges

• Telecom Ecosystem Evolution: API Market Makers and Likely Roles

• Figure: API Ecosystem Snapshot

• Considering the Business Model Structure: How Can Stakeholders Generate Revenue from Network APIs?

• Considering the Business and Go-to-Market Models

• Go-to-Market Models

• Business Model Considerations

• Figure: Service API Business Model Stack

• Comms SP with a Partner Platform

• Comms SP Direct

• Vendor Direct to a Partner Platform

• Additional Pricing Strategies That Could Be Employed

• Industry Consortia: CAMARA and Open API Gateway at the Forefront of Enablement

• CAMARA: The Industry's First Step in the 5G API Journey

• Table: CAMARA APIs

• Open API Gateway: Critical to Scaling the API Opportunity

• Figure: Open API Gateway APIs in Development

• Telco Cloud Infrastructure Will Help Comms SP Truly Differentiate in the Telecom API Arena

Advice for the Technology Supplier AND Services Provider

• Conclusion

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