Development of open Carrier Grade-Based Platforms.

摘要

The development of open Carrier Grade-Based Platforms (CGBPs) is an emerging phenomenon where the specification for the platform is defined by a consortium of Network Equipment Providers (NEPs), and third party telecommunications components suppliers, and the platform is developed internally by NEPs. Since the specification for the entire platform is open, it fosters an environment for platform development integrating off the shelf component and free open source software building blocks.;This research uses three perspectives to examine the development of open CGBPs: ecosystems (Moore, 2005), platform development (Krishnan & Gupta, 2001) and technological infrastructure (Weiss & Birnbaum, 1989). The research provides a model that captures company motivation for participating in the development of open CGBPs, company behaviour, engagement dynamics, and outcomes from participation and propositions anchored around the model.