Proximus : Colt and Proximus trial new Proof of Concept

The PoC - the first such collaboration between Colt and Proximus - has scoped and tested inter-carrier APIs aiming to make it easier and faster for Colt to integrate and automate their end-to-end services so they can deliver a frictionless, connected customer experience and reduce delivery times.

For Proximus, MEF E-access is a key step towards a digital ecosystem enabling effortless national connectivity (End-to-End Network as a service). Through co-creation with partner like Colt, Proximus is developing customer-centric and innovative solutions. As a next step in its digital transformation towards wholesale customers, Proximus will turn into a full digital service provider by adding extra features such as Universal CPE (uCPE) and Virtual Network Functions (VNF).

During the trial, network services were successfully provisioned between the UK and Belgium, enabled by Proximus' new Wholesale E-Access service and Colt's On Demand NaaS platform. This allowed NaaS-to-Naas control using a programmatic API-to-API interface between the separate network architectures, proving that SDN-managed services can be set up across multiple networks in a fully automated way. They can also be managed and flexed in near-real time.