Opportunities for telecom operators in cloud computing business

Evolution of the internet has resulted with the evolution of the new kind of business model called cloud computing. Advantages of cloud computing are widely recognized as a viable way to reduce operational costs. It gives companies and individuals access to different kind of services without the need for the investment in traditional way, they pay only for the infrastructure and applications they use, for the time they use them. In this work, we will try to discuss what telecom operators, as leaders in providing telecommunication services, can do to be competitive with other companies on the market as cloud service providers. As they already have the infrastructure, it gives them head start in this field, which they should use. Also, we will try to explain what is the role of Ericsson, as a vendor, in helping telecom operators to launch cloud services.