1、REPORTAuthors:Mark Newman,Chief Analyst,TM ForumDawn Bushaus,Contributing Analyst,TM ForumSponsored by:Editor:Ian Kemp,Managing Editor,TM Forumestablishing links:platform models in the Open API economy March 2023contentssection 2:survey CSPs views on the state of Open APIssection 1:what is the commu

2、nications API economy?the big pictureadditional features&resources 11060347section 4:what CSPs can learn from the CPaaS marketsection 3:overcoming perceived challenges to using Open APIs201723section 5:NaaS,CaaS and telco marketplace opportunities2inform.tmforum.orgsection 6:innovative examples of C

3、SP platforms and marketplaces28section 8:make it happen how to succeed in the communications API economysection 7:on CAMARA collaborating on APIs to deliver quality of service on demand4542the big pictureThis research report explores the potential for communications service providers(CSPs)to move to

4、 the next stage in the API economy as they build their own platforms capable of delivering first network-as-a-service(NaaS)and then connectivity-as-a-service(CaaS),which builds on NaaS by focusing on the service intent and the option of making partnering zero touch.Our research finds that after year

5、s of using TM Forums Open APIs,primarily to reduce complexity and speed of integration of their own operational and business support systems(OSS/BSS),operators are now using them along with other APIs to create platforms and marketplaces,in many cases exposing IT and network assets and business proc

6、esses to partners and customers(see next page for more about our research methodology).Ericssons November 2021 acquisition of Vonage,a leader in the CPaaS market,sheds light on how CSPs and the developer community might be able to leverage NaaS,CaaS and 5G.Telcos have worked long and hard to gain tr