Aduna’s Peter Arbitter explains API JV is ‘not in it for the money’
Dawn Bushaus2026-10-06T14:41:00
Special Report #3/4: Aduna was created to give developers an easier way to access telcos’ network APIs globally. But the Ericsson-backed joint venture is discovering that aggregation is only part of its job as it wrestles with performance, getting operators to expose enough useful APIs, and turning the interest using them into telco revenues.
This article includes:
- Organisations: Aduna; AT&T; AWS; Bharti Airtel; Deutsche Telekom (DT); Ericsson; Google; GSMA; KDDI; Magenta API Capability Exposure; Microsoft; neXt Curve; Orange; Reliance Jio; Singtel; Telefónica; Telstra; T-Mobile US; Verizon; Vodafone.
- Geographic: Australia; France; Germany; UK; USA.
- People: Chathurangi Wickramasinghe; Eurekia Cosey; Henry Calvert; Leonard Lee; Peter Arbitter.
- Themes: Age verification; API aggregation; API call success rates; API commercialisation; API exposure; API integration; API normalisation; API performance; API response times; API roadmap alignment; API standardisation; Application stacks; Aviation; Back-end optimisation; Banking; Business models; CAMARA; Channel partnerships; Commercial deployments; Communications platform-as-a-service (CPaaS); Customer authentication; Demand generation; Developer access; Developer communities; Enterprise solutions; Entertainment; Fintech; Fraud prevention; Go-to-market strategy; GSMA certification; Healthcare; Hyperscalers; Joint ventures; Logistics; Magenta API; Marketing; Multi-network interoperability; Network APIs; Network capabilities; Network functions; Network monetisation; Number Verification API; Operational complexity; PowerPoint; Proof of concept; Quality assurance; Real-time fraud decisions; Retail; Social media; Systems integration; Trusted signals; Use-case development.
- Events: DTW Ignite.