TM Forum on Thursday announced that Amdocs, Netcracker Technologies, Nokia and Oracle Communications are adopting the collaboratively developed Open Digital Architecture.
This new approach to building software to run service provider businesses creates a market for innovative, standardized and interoperable software components, enabling the industry to invest in IT for new and differentiated services instead of customization and integration.
BT, Deutsche Telekom, Telefónica and Telenor are also among 11 new signatories to TM Forum’s Open API and Open Digital Architecture Manifesto.
Along with Chunghwa Telecom, Vidéotron and Globetom, 30 organizations are now committed to transforming from legacy OSS/BSS to cloud-native software components and replacing traditional IT architectures with the Open Digital Architecture’s standardized plug-and-play components, data model and Open APIs.
The Forum’s Open Digital Architecture provides the foundation for service providers to cut these costs while significantly reducing time-to-market for new services and delivering cutting-edge digital experience – factors which are crucial to remaining competitive and unlocking growth in the 5G era.
Thierry Souche, Group CIO and SVP, Orange Lab Services, Orange
The Open Digital Architecture offers a modern approach and the standards required for the industry to thrive, avoiding rigid, complex customized solutions.
Bhaskar Gorti, President of Nokia Software and Nokia Chief Digital Officer
Telecom networks and the supporting business, operations and experience systems are rapidly changing to one that is software-based, automated, intelligent, and customer- and experience-centric.
