Operator Platform Group

Bringing together developers, operators, platform providers and the broader ecosystem to transform MEC Services and create the level of commonality required to achieve global, interoperable scale

What is Operator Platform Group?

The Operator Platform Group is open to the wider edge-ecosystem and beyond brings together operators, platform developers, edge cloud providers, Standards Developing Organisations (SDOs), Open Source Projects, industry for and market participants.

The Operator Platform defines a common platform exposing operator services/capabilities to customers/developers in the 5G-era in a connect once, connect to many models. The first phase of the platform focuses on Edge which will be expanded in future phases with other capabilities such as connectivity, slicing and IPComms.

The Operator Platform Group is made up of over 40 of the world’s leading operators and over 25 key ecosystem partners and is focused on developing requirements to deliver a common solution to the ecosystem. The OPG meet weekly to work on requirements and bringing the Operator Platform to market.

Recently, the Operator Platform Group released its initial set of requirements which focuses on the core functionality of the platform and enabling edge services, from September the Operator Platform Group will focus on further developing requirements and with the TEC Forum activities, bringing products and services to market.

If you would like to get involved or would like more information, contact futurenetworks@gsma.com.

Explore our resources

Operator Platform Group – Southbound Interface Network Resources APIs

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Monday 3 Oct 2022 | All Projects | Operator Platform | Resources |

This new specification defines the APIs that an Operator Platform would use for its interaction with the core network’s capabilities on its Southbound Interface to the Network Resources. This would enable the Operator Platform to ...

GSMA Operator Platform Group – East-Westbound Interface APIs

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Monday 3 Oct 2022 | Operator Platform | Resources |

In this new specification document, we define the APIs that an Operator Platform should expose and use on its East/Westbound Interface.

GSMA Operator Platform Telco Edge Requirements – October 22

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Monday 3 Oct 2022 | Operator Platform | Resources | Telco Edge Cloud |

In this latest updated Telco Edge Requirements document, Operator Platform intends to provide a common solution for operators to expose the capabilities of their networks to enterprise customers and developers allowing monetisation of those capabilities.

GSMA Operator Platform Telco Edge Requirements 2022

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Thursday 21 Apr 2022 | All Projects | Operator Platform | Resources |

Operators in the 5G era have a significant opportunity to monetise the capabilities of their networks. Moreover, with the existing relationships that operators have with enterprises, their vast local footprint, their ...

Operator Platform API Webinar Catch Up

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Wednesday 8 Dec 2021 | Operator Platform | Resources |

Operator Platform (OP) webinar with Standard Definition Organisations working towards the common interfaces required by the edge ecosystem

GSMA Operator Platform Telco Edge Requirements 2021

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This document provides a high-level architecture set of requirements defining the operator platform and how it should expose edge capabilities within an operator network and other, federated networks to edge application providers. This ...

5G Live: Multi-Operator Edge Experience Catch Up

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Watch the GSMA 5G Live: Multi-Operator Edge Experience and download the speakers’ presentations.

Operator Platform Evolution: Use Cases and Concepts

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This whitepaper highlights the ongoing work from the operator platform group in key areas such as roaming, container support and use cases that rely on key operator platform capabilities.

GSMA Thrive Asia Pacific: 5G Live: Telco Edge Operator Platform Catch Up

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In this webinar, key speakers shared insights into Operator Platform and Telco Edge Cloud, discussed Multi-Operator MEC initiative and explained 5G Cloud Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) Applications and Use Cases.

GSMA Thrive North America: 5G Live: Operator Platform Catch Up

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In this webinar, hear about the latest developments of Telco Edge Operator Platform in North America.

GSMA Operator Platform Telco Edge Proposal Whitepaper

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The Operator Telco Edge Proposal whitepaper acts as a next step following the release of the Operator Platform Concept whitepaper, which introduced the opportunity that the Enterprise segment offers for operators in the 5G-era and vice versa.

Telco Edge Cloud: Edge Service Description & Commercial Principles Whitepaper

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The Edge Cloud inherits most principles, mechanisms, and tools from the traditional cloud, but provides customers with additional benefits as the edge brings proximity to the end-user devices, enabling characteristics like lower ...