Method, system and computer program product for providing access policies for services

A system for provisioning in a telecommunications network, the system comprising:

• means for receiving at least one request from a requesting client system through an Application Program Interface for defining measures relating to customers, services, or network elements;
• means for processing each request in functional layers of a provisioning system hosted by a network operator, where at least one layer includes independently mountable and dismountable functional modules;
• means for executing tasks in the telecommunications network according to the results of the processing step;
• and
• means for reporting the results to the requesting client system;
• means for allowing multiple telephone operators to use the provisioning system through an authenticated Application Program Interface, a Management User Interface, and an authorisation function module, after provisioning rules are processed and
• means for controlling each telephone operator's rights for use of network elements by the network operator, whereby the network operator is able to present and utilize one physical telecommunications network in many logical views, each view representing the network elements accessible to a telephone operator, and in this way controllable by the network operator with limitations, authentication and authorization rules.

A non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereon computer executable code for provisioning in a telecommunications network, the executable code causing one or more processor to perform the step of:

• receiving at least one request from a requesting client system through an Application Program Interface for defining measures relating to customers, services, or network elements;
• processing each request in functional layers of a provisioning system hosted by a network operator, where at least one functional layer includes independently mountable and dismountable functional computer readable program code modules;
• executing tasks in the telecommunications network according to the results of the processing step;
• and
• reporting results to the requesting client system, wherein
• multiple telephone operators are allowed to use the provisioning system through an authenticated Application Program Interface, a Management User Interface, and an authorisation function module after provisioning rules are processed, and
• telephone operator rights for use of network elements are controlled by the network operator, whereby the network operator is able to present and utilize one physical telecommunications network in many logical views, each view representing the network elements accessible to a telephone operator, and in this way controllable by the network operator with limitations, authentication and authorization rules.