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Dataquest Insight: Why Communication Service Providers Need to Use APIs to Expose Their Networks
13 August 2009
 
Jean-Claude Delcroix  

Application programming interfaces let communication service providers expose network and service functions to third-party developers, fostering service innovation and new revenue streams. Standardized interfaces also help carriers create and organize their services internally.




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Table of Contents


    
 Analysis

    
 APIs Are Becoming Increasingly Vital for External and Internal Use
    
 Three Ways Network Exposure APIs Can Drive Revenue

    
 Targeted Information Attracts Advertising Revenue
    
 Open Ecosystems Give Providers A Share of Third-Party Income
    
 Better Services and Portals Drive Usage and Spending
    
 A Revenue Example
    
 Three Ways Network Exposure APIs Drive Internal Efficiency

    
 Consolidated Information Makes Multi-Vendor Networks Manageable
    
 Modular Systems Simplify Business and Technology Change
    
 Standardizing Relationships and Access Give Providers Control

    
 Background and Context

    
 Network and Service Exposure APIs Are Service Enablers
    
 Market Context Highlights the Need for Network and Service Exposure APIs
    
 Carriers, Vendors and Standards Bodies Are Hard at Work

    
 The Impact

    
 Impact on Communication Service Providers
    
 Impact on Vendors
    
 Impact on Third-Party Service Providers

    
 Conclusion

    
 Communication Service Providers Should Implement a Basic Set of APIs by 2010

    
 Recommended Reading


List of Tables


Table 1.  
 Selected Carriers With API Initiatives
 

Table 2.  
 Calculation of Revenue Assumptions
 



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This document is published in the following Dataquest Market Insights:
 
Telecom Strategies and Directions Worldwide
Carrier Operations & Strategies Worldwide
Carrier Network Infrastructure Worldwide




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