Ekholm, in a press statement, made available to LEADERSHIP, said the acquisition provides Ericsson with access to powerful building blocks to offer a full suite of communications solutions including, Communications Platform as a Service .
“By leveraging the Vonage CPaaS offering, Ericsson aims to transform the way advanced 5G network capabilities are exposed, consumed and paid for. This will provide the global developer community, including Vonage’s more than one million registered developers, with easy access to 4G and 5G network capabilities via open Application Program Interfaces ,” he added.
For communications service providers , global network APIs such as location and quality of service APIs, provide new opportunities to expand their profit pools to monetise 5G network capabilities. For Ericsson, global APIs provide a new material growth opportunity. The existing market for communications APIs, such as video, voice and SMS, is currently growing at 30 per cent annually and projected to reach $22 billion by 2025.
Ekholm said: “We are excited to welcome Vonage as part of Ericsson. With Vonage’s suite of communications solutions and Communications APIs, Ericsson will further expand its offerings into the enterprise space.