Fusion of Telecommunications and IT Services Boosted by APIs

Our long journey on the road of telecommunications is evolving continuously. We experienced several technology changes, modernizations, optimizations, and various mergers in the past decades. Virtualization and cloudification of legacy telecommunication equipment made communication networks not only more flexible, but even opened new doors. Brand new type of services became available thanks to the ongoing fusion of the two domains of telecommunications and IT (Information Technology). This paper first discusses the evolution of services with enhanced focus on mobile networks. Then the possibilities offered by IT are also shown. Finally, a few examples are given how communication service providers and end-users can benefit from these recent changes.