A cloud carrier acts as an intermediary that provides connectivity and transport of cloud services between cloud consumers and cloud providers. •Cloud carriers provide access to consumers through network, telecommunication and other access devices, such as computers, laptops, smart phones, tablets. •The distribution of cloud services is normally provided by network and telecommunication carriers. •Note that a cloud provider will set up SLAs with a cloud carrier to provide services consistent with the level of SLAs offered to cloud consumers, and may require the cloud carrier to provide dedicated and secure connections between cloud consumers and cloud providers.