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Major Carriers Collaborating on Network APIs

Some of the world’s largest carriers, including AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon in the U.S., working with Ericsson, unveiled a venture Thursday that will “combine and sell” network application programming interfaces (APIs) “on a global scale.” Today’s networks “have advanced and…

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intelligent capabilities, which have historically been inaccessible to developers,” said an Ericsson news release: “It has been impractical for developers to integrate the different capabilities of hundreds of individual telecom operators. The newly formed company will combine network APIs globally.” The venture is targeting hyperscalers, communications platform as a service providers, system integrators and independent software vendors, the release said.