Telecom System Integration Solutions

I hear more and more talk about Connectivity Management Orchestration platforms promising seamless telecom integration. On paper, they sound great - one platform to rule them all, bringing together all your telecoms and SIMs in a single interface. But the reality is that most CMO platforms are just thin layers with very limited functionality. 😬 This is due to telecom platforms typically only offering APIs for basic operations - switching SIMs on/off or setting data limits. But when you need real-time information about consumption for thousands of devices, most orchestration platforms fall short. They're good for end-of-month procedures when your accounting needs a monthly overview, but they struggle with real-time operational needs. They can show you an inventory of all SIMs across different platforms and handle basic commands, but getting session information in bulk isn’t possible. They can only pull information one SIM at a time. At 1oT, we’ve taken a different approach. Instead of relying on the limited APIs offered by standard telecom platforms, we’ve built direct integrations with 12 carefully selected telecom partners. For real-time insights, we connect directly to each telecom’s RADIUS server, enabling our platform to function as a true orchestration layer. This gives our customers near real-time visibility into consumption, sessions, and all activity happening with their SIMs. The truth is that integrating with telecom systems isn't a simple "click-of-a-button" process - each integration takes 3-6 months of dedicated work. There's no standardisation across telecoms either (I wish there was! 😅). Each is using tailored solutions and different architectures. So it's too good to be true that you can just insert credentials and instantly get comprehensive information from different platforms all in one place. 🙂 True orchestration requires deep integration and a powerful backend that can process information quickly. And yes, these solutions are improving, but we're still far from the seamless orchestration that the market promises.

In the telco industry, service providers are balancing major infrastructure investments in 5G, fiber, and mission-critical capabilities with the need to improve returns, re-engage customers and find new revenue models. At the same time, AI and automation can fundamentally alter operations, but only if commerce and care systems are modern and ready. A recent analysis from Appledore Research underscores something critical: Core Commerce is now a strategic enabler. Modernizing these systems is not just about efficiency, it is about unlocking customer value by turning network capability into reliable products and revenue for customers and enterprises. What matters in practice is simple: solutions must be built for telecom realities, integrate with network systems, handle complex product definitions, and scale. A bottom‑up, network‑aware approach reduces the friction between offer design and fulfilment. Appledore highlights Ericsson’s Core Commerce as an example of this telco‑specific, network‑grade approach. Ericsson’s bottom-up, network-first approach helps service providers expose network capabilities to enterprises and integrate partners. The challenge is to ensure that core commerce capabilities are future-ready: interoperable, real-time, modular and telco-grade. This is how service providers will compete and how they can deliver sustainable value to customers in both B2B and B2C markets. If you want to read the full Appledore solution profile, you can find it here: https://lnkd.in/dTWK85qz

Single Voice Core Solutions (SVC), a step forward towards the great 5G Era! Traditionally Mobile Telecom Network have had used the Circuit-Switched (CS) Networks as the main infrastructure for the Voice Services in Mobile & fixed telecom customers, and it did the job pretty good, but nothing last for ever. With the introduction of LTE (4G) Networks and with the aim to move towards IP-based Networks more and more, IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) have been introduced as a way to provide Voice Services within the IP-Based Networks in the telecom infrastructure, providing a low latency connection with an advanced quality of service metrics. But, with the huge CS infrastructure that have been already established and well known for the Mobile Telecom Networks operators, it is not reasonable to disassembly and just replace the standing still CS Network infrastructure, and it is also not reasonable to hold still for a technology that will no longer be needed as we enter an era of IoT, big data and the promised All-IP networks. As always, the wise solution for any conflict is to find a middle ground that can make a win-win situation with some trade-offs, and here, the Single Voice Core comes, as a solution an transition from the era of CS towards the All-IP networks promise. The Single Voice Core (SVC) solution emerges as a transformative step, integrating voice services across 2G, 3G, 4G, 5G, and fixed-line technologies under the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) umbrella. By leveraging convergent application servers, IMS-based session control, unified access points, and streamlined gateway offices, the SVC simplifies the network architecture and reduces the reliance on legacy circuit-switched (CS) networks. This innovation not only accelerates cloudification but also supports advanced capabilities like HD video calls and video ringback tones, striking the perfect balance between preserving existing infrastructure and embracing the future of agile, efficient, all-IP networks. *The photo describes the separated CS voice service management (MSC/MGW) & PS Voice service management (IMS)