Hi All,
The Telco Edge Cloud taskforce was launched in the GSMA in March 2020 by 19 operators with
the intention to design and develop a global edge computing service based on the federation of the
edge infrastructures and platforms of a set of operators and edge service providers. Following its
principle of being open and inclusive, the taskforce has grown to 25 members at the time of edition
of this whitepaper and has set the basis for the global service launch. This document includes a
first description of the basic services the Telco Edge Cloud (TEC) will provide along with a set of
commercial principles around stakeholder relationships and charging schemes.
This whitepaper is complemented by other documents produced by the GSMA, like the Operator
Platform Telco Edge Proposal, which describes the technical framework and requirements of the
platform that will support the Telco Edge Cloud service.
The document will help:
- Operators and other service providers:
o assess the revenue and business potential in edge computing;
o analyse technological alternatives;
o consider the impact of TEC on their portfolios; and
o Ultimately select a role to play in this new ecosystem
- Operator Platform group (OPG) complete the specification of requirements, incorporating
those needed to accommodate the TEC commercial principles;
- Technology providers to identify potential ways to contribute to TEC (along with the
analysis of OPG technical details);
- Future TEC customers understand the kind of services TEC will deliver and the value they
may bring to them and their end users.
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Michael Roza CPA, CISA, CIA, MBA, Exec MBA
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