Service Provider Information Technology (SPIT)

Off-the-shelf hardware, sophisticated software, and data networking combine to create new and varied services on telecom networks

Light Reading
February 10, 2010
URL: http://www.lightreading.com/service-provider-information-technology-spit-/service-provider-information-technology-spit/240123528

Service Provider Information Technology, or SPIT, is Light Reading's term for the evolving set of non-traditional telecom (and data networking) technologies that allow for a greater degree of flexibility in the creation, management, delivery, and monetization of new-generation communications services. In our (updated) The SPIT Manifesto 2.0, we elaborate on the SPIT concept, highlight its importance in the telecom infrastructure ecosystem and show the impact that SPIT is having on strategies and service/technology developments.