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Network APIs find their market, but where’s the money?

2026-10-06T14:45:00

Network APIs find their market, but where’s the money?

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Special Report #1/4: in the first part of a four-part series on network APIs, we look at the scale (or otherwise) of operator revenue from the interfaces and the main use-cases driving it: namely fraud prevention and identity authentication.

This article includes: 

  • Organisations: Aduna; AT&T; CAMARA; CelcomDigi; Circles; CPaaS Acceleration Alliance (CPaaSAA); Deutsche Telekom; DNA; Ericsson; Eurekia Cosey; Federal Trade Commission (FTC); Firebase; FutureNet World; GSMA; Google; Houda Bostanji; IDC; Linux Foundation; Magenta API Capability Exposure; MasOrange; McKinsey; Meta; Number Verification (NV2); Otilia Anton; Orange; Orange LiveNet; PTML (Telenor); Sebastian Barros; SIM Swap; Telefónica; Telefónica O2; Telkomsel; Telenor; T-Mobile; T-Mobile US; TikTok; US Federal Trade Commission; Verizon; Vodafone; VodafoneZiggo.
  • Geographic: Finland; France; Germany; Greece; Indonesia; Ireland; Malaysia; Netherlands; Pakistan; Romania; Spain; UK; US.
  • People: Andrew Collinson; Chathurangi Wickramasinghe; Eurekia Cosey; Henry Calvert; Houda Bostanji; Otilia Anton; Sebastian Barros.
  • Themes: 5G network APIs; API marketplaces; Authentication; Client loyalty; Developer marketplaces; Digital platforms; Distribution; Edge computing; Ecosystem expansion; Enterprise workflows; Fraud detection; Fraud prevention; Identity authentication; Internal ownership; KPIs; Mobile operators; Network APIs; Network capabilities; Network quality; Number Verification; Open Gateway initiative; Payments; Pricing; Proprietary APIs; Routes to market; SIM Swap; Standardised access; Standardised interfaces; Trusted signals; User verification.

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