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International Telecommunication Giant e& Joins 5G Open Innovation Lab’s Innovation Ecosystem

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Wednesday, March 8, 2023

5G Open Innovation Lab (5G OI Lab) announced today that international telecommunication leader e& has joined its global innovation ecosystem.

Key Points: 
  • 5G Open Innovation Lab (5G OI Lab) announced today that international telecommunication leader e& has joined its global innovation ecosystem.
  • Its potential for market disruption is undeniable,” says Jim Brisimitzis, Founder and General Partner of the 5G Open Innovation Lab.
  • “It will also help us to innovate through collaboration with the ecosystem and accelerate value creation and monetization of 5G technology and edge computing which are the prime focus of both e& and the 5G Open Innovation Lab.”
    Today’s announcement of Batch 7 adds 14 new startups to 5G OI Lab’s open ecosystem bringing the total number of participating companies to 101.
  • Since the 5G Open Innovation Lab’s program inception in 2020, participating startups and alumni have raised a lifetime total of $1.641B with several exits valued at $200+M.

Mobile Industry Deploys Open Network APIs and Prepares for New Era of Digital Services and Mobile Apps

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Monday, February 27, 2023

GSMA Open Gateway has already started to harmonise the industry around open APIs, with many demonstrations available to see at MWC Barcelona 2023.

Key Points: 
  • GSMA Open Gateway has already started to harmonise the industry around open APIs, with many demonstrations available to see at MWC Barcelona 2023.
  • GSMA Open Gateway APIs are defined, developed and published in CAMARA, the open source project for developers to access enhanced network capabilities, driven by the Linux Foundation in collaboration with the GSMA.
  • And now, by federating open network APIs and applying the roaming concept of interoperability, mobile operators and cloud services will be truly integrated to enable a new world of opportunity.
  • This is achieved via common, northbound service APIs that simply expose mobile operators' network capabilities within a consistent, interoperable and federated framework.

Mobile Industry Deploys Open Network APIs and Prepares for New Era of Digital Services and Mobile Apps

Retrieved on: 
Monday, February 27, 2023

BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The GSMA today announces a new industry-wide initiative called GSMA Open Gateway, a framework of universal network Application Programmable Interfaces (APIs), designed to provide universal access to operator networks for developers. Launched with the support of 21 mobile network operators, the move represents a paradigm shift in the way the telecoms industry designs and delivers services in an API economy world.

Key Points: 
  • GSMA Open Gateway has already started to harmonise the industry around open APIs, with many demonstrations available to see at MWC Barcelona 2023.
  • GSMA Open Gateway APIs are defined, developed and published in CAMARA, the open source project for developers to access enhanced network capabilities, driven by the Linux Foundation in collaboration with the GSMA.
  • And now, by federating open network APIs and applying the roaming concept of interoperability, mobile operators and cloud services will be truly integrated to enable a new world of opportunity.
  • This is achieved via common, northbound service APIs that simply expose mobile operators' network capabilities within a consistent, interoperable and federated framework.

Mobile Industry Deploys Open Network APIs and Prepares for New Era of Digital Services and Mobile Apps

Retrieved on: 
Monday, February 27, 2023

BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- The GSMA today announces a new industry-wide initiative called GSMA Open Gateway, a framework of universal network Application Programmable Interfaces (APIs), designed to provide universal access to operator networks for developers. Launched with the support of 21 mobile network operators, the move represents a paradigm shift in the way the telecoms industry designs and delivers services in an API economy world.

Key Points: 
  • GSMA Open Gateway has already started to harmonise the industry around open APIs, with many demonstrations available to see at MWC Barcelona 2023.
  • GSMA Open Gateway APIs are defined, developed and published in CAMARA, the open source project for developers to access enhanced network capabilities, driven by the Linux Foundation in collaboration with the GSMA.
  • And now, by federating open network APIs and applying the roaming concept of interoperability, mobile operators and cloud services will be truly integrated to enable a new world of opportunity.
  • This is achieved via common, northbound service APIs that simply expose mobile operators' network capabilities within a consistent, interoperable and federated framework.