WebSphere Telecom Web Services Server

IBM WebSphere® Telecom Web Services Server, enables telecom operators to provide third parties with controlled, reliable access to telecom network capabilities such as location, messaging, presence and call control. This creates the opportunity for Telecom service providers to explore new business models and revenue opportunities generated from the controlled service exposure of core network services.

Accessing network services through standards-based Parlay X Web Services, third-party application developers can enhance consumer and enterprise applications with valuable service provider network capabilities and information. And in the end, consumer and business users can choose from a broader range of tailored applications that include rich communications capabilities.

WebSphere Telecom Web Services Server is comprised of a front-end access gateway for controlling and managing third-party access to network services and back-end service implementations of the Parlay X-based connections to network elements for exposing specific network functions and information. This modular architecture enables service providers to flexibly scale and evolve WebSphere Telecom Web Services Server implementations to meet rapidly changing customer demands and network technologies.

- Access gateway: provides a common control point which telecom service providers can use to define, manage and enforce policies and service level agreements (SLAs) for third-party services and subscribers. At all times, the telecom operator controls which applications and which users have access to which network capabilities and under what conditions. The access gateway is built on IBM WebSphere Enterprise Service Bus (ESB), which provides the flexibility to customize Web service messages processing in accordance with the telecom service provider's network policies.

- Web service implementations: deliver interfaces, compliant with Parlay X Web Services standards, for accessing telecom network functions including third-party call, call notification, presence, terminal status and location, Short Messaging Service (SMS) and multimedia messaging (MMS). Additionally, WebSphere Telecom Web Services Server provides service providers flexible network implementation options by supporting connection to current networks through a Parlay Gateway, direct connection to network elements or connections to emerging IP Multimedia System (IMS) infrastructures.

Capture the Innovation and Creativity of Millions of IT Developers with Telecom Web Services

Historically, building applications and services that access or extend the telecommunication networks was very difficult. It required a select set of skills and knowledge of various pieces of equipment and a variety of telecom protocols. As a result, few ISVs provided telecom services and enterprise and consumer applications that leverage telecom capabilities.

Based on the principals of a service oriented architecture (SOA), telecom Web services enable service creation to evolve from a highly specialized, platform-specific model to an open model built on proven technologies and products and a robust telecom foundation defined by Parlay/Open Services Architecture (OSA). This new model for service creation and execution can reduce the dependency on advanced telecom equipment skills to create new services.

WebSphere Telecom Web Services Server enable service providers to offer third-party application developers:

- Isolation from telecom network complexity, allowing developers to focus their creativity on business or consumer functions rather than low-level implementation of communications capabilities.

- Simplification of skills requirements, allowing a large pool of Web developers to access to communications service functionality without requiring detailed infrastructure knowledge.

- Protection from evolving communications network technologies, with standardized Web services interfaces that remain stable as service providers' networks evolve.