Harness 5G, IoT and network slicing to offer “Network as a Service” combined with data analytics and edge computing.

The challenge:
5G combined with IoT is truly a platform for digital transformation. The OSS/BSS layer of the network needs to be significantly reworked to become an open, agile, dynamic system which is easily leveragable for third party network service instantiation, encompassing distributed applications. Virtualization of the physical network and implementation of network slices is needed to help CSPs sell a “network as a service” bound by an SLA and a contract signed with an enterprise, government, MVNO or whoever requires mobile network connectivity optionally combined with lean, cloud analytics and/or edge computing.

Our Solution:
TM Forum understands the massive investment that CSPs are making in this technology and has all the industry-sourced best practices on hand for you to leverage during this revolutionary deployment. TM Forum’s stable portfolio of industry proven assets such as Frameworx, Open APIs and CurateFx are just perfect for any CSP undertaking a 5G deployment.
The first step in the journey is virtualizing the network to unleash the power of openness and interoperability. Frameworx brings flexibility of design and when combined with TM Forum’s Open APIs, which have already been endorsed by many leading vendors and CSPs, it paves the way for an agile, interoperable 5G future. Virtualization of today’s physical network functions is a pre-requisite to network slicing which will enable us to copy+paste network functions like any software instances on our PCs. Once we have a software-based network in place, digital ecosystems can be put in place with a near zero time to market.