Twenty operators around the world also collaborate within this initiative, including América Móvil, Telefónica, AT&T, Verizon and Vodafone, among others. In addition, it has Microcephaly (Azure) and AWS as main cloud service partners to give developers access to APIs.
José María Álvarez-Pallete, president of Telefónica, stressed that “this project will create a new world of opportunities for the industry. It will be a catalyst for all of these advanced services to realize their potential and drive choice and bring value to consumers.”
According to data presented by Álvarez, in 2032 Internet traffic will have multiplied by 27 compared to 2012 and this new protocol between the various operators will help optimize it and improve the performance of all telecommunications companies worldwide, for which he described it as “Earth Computing”.
Mats Granryd, director general of the GSMA, compared this milestone with the harmonization that telcos achieved in 1987, when representatives of companies from 13 countries managed to standardize services. This resulted in customers being able to travel and use roaming to maintain their service in other nations.
“Today’s mobile networks have enormous capabilities that go far beyond basic connectivity. Open network APIs that harness the power and scale of our network are an opportunity for true innovation,” said Santiago Tenorio, director of Vodafone network. architecture.
For his part, Ishwar Parulkar, head of technology for the telecommunications industry at AWS, commented that the initiative opens the doors for the community to create new applications, while telcos will have the possibility of finding new models of consumption and monetization of its networks in industries such as fintech, anti-fraud, smart mobility, gaming, metaverse and Web3, among others.
Likewise, it will be possible to carry out safer operations and transactions, since the user’s location can be verified based on coordinates, through his SIM; In the case of gaming, this technology will optimize the online game to have fewer and fewer interruptions in real time.
