Monica Paolini

Most of the talk today is on network APIs, but the universe of APIs is much bigger, and it is not only proprietary, non-telco, and Wi-Fi APIs. The TM Forum APIs have been around for a long time and have been widely adopted by service providers. I talked with Andy Tiller, EVP Products and Services at TMF, about what the TMF APIs do, what different role and functionality they have compared to network APIs (the CAMARA and GSMA Open Gateway), how they help operators, and what spurred their adoption.

Telecoms has become a mature industry after decades of explosive growth. How do we manage innovation, the introduction of new technologies, and the growth expectations in this new environment? I talked with Joel Brand, at AVP Product Management at Marvell, about how we can adjust to the new environment and what changes we need to make. Telecoms has been and still is an astounding success, even though we often complain about not meeting our expectations.

Monica Paolini Monica Paolini Principal at Senza Fili Published Apr 4, 2023 Open interfaces give operators the flexibility to choose hardware and software vendors in Open RAN deployments. Open RAN starts with open interfaces, but it is more than that. It gives operators unprecedented flexibility in deciding how to build their networks and with which components.