Axiata, Reliance Jio and Vodafone boost TM Forum’s ODA

Open Digital Architecture finally gathered momentum in Copenhagen

Axiata, Reliance Jio and Vodafone are the first operators to achieve TM Forum’s status Running on ODA at the Digital Transformation World in Copenhagen. The Forum’s Open Digital Architecture has been drawn up over several years by more than 350 of TM Forum’s member companies. The Forum describes it as “an industry-agreed set of reusable software building blocks for creating, managing, and securing any digital service”.

Kiran Thomas, CEO, Jio Platforms, said in a statement, “With open components and well-defined APIs to connect them, ODA has allowed Jio to transform its application landscape into a more modern, driven of microservices and cloud-native. It makes us more agile and allows us to deliver value to our customers faster.”

The approach is also inherent in the company developing applications based on its platform for other businesses, in many sectors, to use in their digitalization journeys.

Vodafone, one of the original proponents of the Open API Forum which is an integral part of ODA, uses APIs and ODA to improve. customer experiences, according to its Chief Digital and Information Officer, Scott Petty: “At Vodafone, we have adopted an agile, API-first and data-driven approach to provide our customers with the best experience possible across multiple channels – app, online, retail – as well as helping them on their own digital journeys. Open Digital Architecture is behind this digital drive.”

Anthony Rodrigo, Group Chief Information Officer, Axiata Group, explained, “The use of Open APIs and ODA has enabled Axiata to not only capitalize on our growth ambition by reusing software applications across our group of operating companies, but also to develop new ways to monetize our IT and network capabilities by opening them up to partners.”

Directs development

TM Forum is presenting a pilot of its ODA Component Directory at Digital Transformation World, taking place this week in Copenhagen. The Directory includes 40+ software providers that have mapped their products to the ODA Component architecture.

The pilot includes products and solutions from: 6d Technologies; alvatross of SATEC; Amdocs; Aria Systems; AsiaInfo Technologies; AwareX; Axiata Digital Labs; More Now; BMC Software; Cerillion; Comarch; CSG; Ericsson; ETIYA; Hansen; Huawei; i2i System; IBM; Incognito; Inspur; Intraway; Jio Platforms; Juniper; Marand Software; MATRIXX Software; Mavenir Systems; Microsoft; Netcracker; Nokia; Optiva; Oracle; Pegasystems; Continuous System; Salesforce; SAS Institute; ServiceNow; SigScale; Sterlite Technologies; Subex; Tata Consulting Services; Tecnotree; TEOCO; Torry Harris Integration Solutions; and Whale Cloud.

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