The service delivery platform (SDP) is developed after the development of the telecom industry and Internet services reaches a certain stage. With the SDP help, carriers address the problems brought by the closed service offering mode and silo system architecture in the traditional telecom industry as follows:
● Transform from the closed service offering mode to open service offering modes, and establish a bridge between telecom networks and telecom services and between telecom services and the Internet. Open and integrated service offering modes enrich mobile phone users' service experience. Mobile phone users use carriers' products and services in various modes, enjoying the same seamless and consistent service experience as Internet users.
● Transform from the silo system architecture to the service oriented architecture (SOA). The SDP solution features clear network structures and definite service capabilities by extracting common capabilities from service system architectures and providing a horizontal capability platform. The optimized system architecture provided by the SDP helps set up a unified access, management, and presentation platform, provide multi-level service development environment, implement quick service operation, and minimize redundant construction.

The SDP is set up based on the SOA and standard IT and telecom technologies. Given network technology advantages, the SDP provides carriers, content providers (CPs) and service providers (SPs) in the Internet industry, and device manufacturers with new business growth points. The SDP also guarantees carriers a high service offering speed that is comparable with that on the Internet, ensures low costs during the process from service idea creation to the entire service lifecycle, and provides the capabilities of integrating multiple networks and service fields, and service development and customization capabilities. In addition to development capabilities, the SDP features reliability, stability, large capacity, and high performance.

MTN develops the carrier-class end-to-end (E2E) SDP solution that is in line with the preceding SDP features and functions. MTN SDP is applicable to carriers' multi-service and multi-business operation modes.