It's one thing when you can program a web app to dial a phone number. But when the distinctions dissolve between:

• Phone numbers...
• Sequences of emojis (or similar expressions of identity)
• IP addresses...
• URIs...
• Organizations..
• Roles inside those organizations...
• Individual smartphones, desktops, tablets, XR Headsets, and IoT devices.
• Any addressable end-point, really

The barriers between "telecom" and "internet" fade away, and we have a foundation for a planetary communication fabric. Will we all realize the potential for mutually respectful, win-win collaboration and cooperation this facilitates? Creating the possibility is the vision of Software-Defined Telecom.