Mplify’s new LSO API certification sets sites on global interoperability
Key Highlights
· Mplify (formerly MEF) has expanded its Lifecycle Service Orchestration (LSO) API Certification Program to include additional releases and APIs across critical functions.
· Mplify’s LSO enhancements enable providers of API-enabled services to validate that their business transactions conform to Mplify standards.
· Certified providers are listed in Mplify’s public LSO API Registry.
· PCCW’s Console Connect earned certification for four LSO Business APIs.
Mplify (formerly MEF) has expanded its Lifecycle Service Orchestration (LSO) API Certification Program to include additional releases and APIs across critical functions, enabling providers of API-enabled services to validate that their business transactions conform to Mplify standards.
Mplify’s LSO API Certification verifies open LSO APIs used for automated, multi-provider service delivery against established conformance and interoperability standards. By eliminating costly, custom partner integrations, it ensures production-ready interoperability for both buying and selling scenarios and removes a major barrier to automation.
The LSO API Test Service provides service providers with critical tools to speed the development of Mplify-conformant LSO API implementations and the necessary environment in which to test LSO API implementations, onboard partner LSO API implementations, and prepare for LSO API certification.
LSO API Certifications validate that APIs can interact in a seamless, standardized manner between business partners worldwide.
This third-party validation provides the foundation for delivering the on-demand, cloud-like services that define the Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) model. With over 165 service providers engaged in the LSO API adoption lifecycle, the certification program is advancing a standardized, secure, and scalable NaaS ecosystem.
Rob Schult, Research Director, TeleGeography, said, “Mplify’s LSO API certification provides a trusted path to interoperability, streamlining integration and reducing time-to-market.”
Standard functions
Mplify’s Service Orchestration (LSO) framework, with a set of open standard APIs that enable end-to-end automation and orchestration across multiple service providers. LSO forms the basis for enabling software-defined digital services with full business automation throughout the digital services ecosystem.
The organization’s LSO Certification program includes key business functions such as address validation, product offering qualification, quoting, product ordering, and product inventory are included.
Testing is conducted in a cloud environment by Amartus, Mplify’s Accredited Test and Certification Partner, validating that provider APIs conform to LSO standards for automated service delivery.
Certified providers are listed in Mplify’s public LSO API Registry, helping enterprises and partners quickly identify automation-ready collaborators and build multi-provider services with confidence.
"Mplify’s LSO APIs are the operating system for multi-provider automation,” said Pascal Menezes, CTO, Mplify. “This certification program removes integration friction, builds trust at scale, and provides a clear on-ramp to global NaaS.
PCCW’s NaaS Move
PCCW has made an early move in Mplify’s LSO API race with Console Connect, a fully automated Network-as-a-Service (NaaS) platform. The service provider has earned certification for four LSO Business APIs – Address Validation, Quote, Product Order and Product Inventory.
Console Connect is PCCW Global’s on-demand platform, API community and automated network. The platform helps businesses easily, quickly and securely connect and move their data.
Using the LSO Adaptor Tool, an open-source tool it developed to simplify integration between proprietary systems and standardized LSO APIs, Console Connect accelerated adoption of Mplify API standards. As the first provider through the program, Console Connect worked with Amartus to validate test specifications, refine requirements, and shape a methodology that will speed certification for others in the future.
Having gained Mplify’s certification, Console Connect now enables interoperability between proprietary APIs and Mplify’s standardized LSO Business APIs, accelerating partner onboarding and enabling dynamic service orchestration.
“Our latest certification with Mplify represents two major milestones for Console Connect,” said Paul Gampe, CTO, PCCW Global. “Firstly, it shows our ongoing commitment to standardized APIs, which are fundamental to increasing scalability and establishing a more collaborative, API-driven connectivity model. Secondly, it demonstrates how our LSO Adaptor can help other service providers simplify integrations between proprietary systems and LSO APIs, further accelerating industry adoption of network automation.”
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