CAMARA, the Global Telco API Alliance, Issues its Latest Meta Release of Stable Network APIs, Advancing API Interoperability

CAMARA's third meta-release brings together stable APIs like OTP and Number Verification with new capabilities such as Verified Caller and SIM Swap, helping enterprises build consumer confidence while powering next-generation services with QoS and Edge Discovery.

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Linux Foundation's CAMARA project, an open source community addressing telco industry API interoperability, today announces the third meta release of its stable, production-ready Network APIs, marking a major step forward in creating a consistent, interoperable developer experience across mobile and fixed networks worldwide. The release delivers expanded API coverage, hardened security profiles, and a conformance program designed to accelerate operator deployment and partner integration.

The release bundles a curated set of versioned, stable APIs with aligned documentation, test harnesses, and implementation guidance so that developers can build once and deploy with confidence across participating operators and regions.

Initiated in 2021 by a small number of telco operators, vendors and hyperscalers, CAMARA officially launched in February 2022 with 22 initial partners and graduated to a funded model in September 2023, with 250 participating organizations and over 750 contributors. Since then, the project has grown to: 1300+ contributors among 476 organizations, with 45 sandbox API repositories, 15 incubating API repositories, 60 released APIs, and five working groups. This growth rate indicates strong ecosystem support in enabling more accessible and standardized open telco APIs.

"The newest CAMARA release is a key step toward a global, open API ecosystem," said Arpit Joshipura, general manager, Networking, Edge and IoT at the Linux Foundation. "By delivering stable, production-ready APIs alongside new innovations, CAMARA empowers organizations partners to collaborate at scale. This release not only strengthens alignment across the ecosystem, but also accelerates how applications can seamlessly and consistently run across networks worldwide—removing barriers to innovation and enabling faster adoption of new digital services."

"The CAMARA community continues to deliver on its promise of building a truly open, global API ecosystem," said Nathan Rader, Governing Board Chair of CAMARA and VP of Capability and Exposure at Deutsche Telekom. "With this latest meta release, we're not only advancing the maturity and stability of our APIs, but also strengthening alignment with global initiatives like GSMA Open Gateway and TM Forum. This progress reflects the dedication of our contributors and partners to ensure developers, operators, and enterprises alike benefit from consistent, interoperable access to network capabilities worldwide."

With the meta-release Fall25, CAMARA now has 60 total APIs: 10 stable, 27 updated since the Spring25 meta-release, and 23 new initial APIs. The APIs included in the release represent a consistent set of aligned, quality APIs that have met rigorous release management and design guidelines. APIs included in the release represent a foundation for CAMARA APIs moving forward (both this in development and those in production). The community is committed to delivering twice-yearly updates to vetted APIs so network operators can plan deployments within their networks. Additionally, API users can be confident in getting the latest and most stable versions from their network operators and API providers.

What Enterprises Can Do with CAMARA APIs

The latest release of new, updated, and stable CAMARA APIs provides organizations with powerful, network-level capabilities to deliver new services, improve customer trust, and optimize operations.

10 Stable, Implementation-Ready APIs

• Device Reachability Status / Device Roaming Status – Telecoms and IoT providers can ensure reliable service delivery by knowing whether a customer's device is connected and roaming.
• SIM Swap / Device Swap (new) – Banks and fintech firms can combat fraud by detecting SIM/device changes in real time, reducing account takeover risks.
• Number Verification / Location Verification – Retailers, insurers, and government services can validate user identity and prevent fraud at scale.
• One-Time Password (SMS) – Enterprises can provide secure, network-based authentication without relying on third-party SMS aggregators.
• Quality-on-Demand with QoS Profiles – Gaming, streaming, and enterprise applications can guarantee network performance for premium or latency-sensitive services.
• Simple Edge Discovery – Edge computing providers can route workloads to the closest edge node for faster response times and lower latency.

27 Updated APIs

• Carrier Billing – App developers and digital content providers can offer frictionless, telco-integrated payments.
• Connectivity Insights – Enterprises can understand and optimize network usage trends.
• Device Identifier / Location Retrieval – E-commerce and logistics companies can strengthen fraud detection and enable context-aware services.
• Population Density Data – Smart cities and event organizers can make real-time decisions on traffic, safety, or capacity planning.
• WebRTC Call Handling – Unified communications providers can integrate secure, network-aware calling features.

23 Initial Versions of New APIs

• Consent Info – Enterprises can comply with privacy regulations by retrieving user consent status directly from the network.
• Dedicated Network & Network Slice Booking – Industrial, manufacturing, and healthcare organizations can reserve network resources for mission-critical use cases.
• Energy Footprint Notification – Sustainability-focused enterprises can track and reduce the environmental impact of their digital services.
• Verified Caller – Call centers and service providers can eliminate phone scams by proving caller authenticity.

In short, CAMARA APIs give enterprises standardized, telco-grade building blocks to embed trust, security, performance, and compliance directly into their applications—across any participating operator's network.

Webinar

Dive deep into the latest release in CAMARA's upcoming webinar, "From Code to Connectivity: Exploring CAMARA's Fall Meta Release," happening 9 October at 10:00 am EST / 14:00 UTC / 16:00 CEST. Hear directly from CAMARA Governing Board members and technical community leaders, Herbert Damker of Deutsche Telekom; Tanja de Groot of Nokia; and Johanna Wood of Vodafone. Details and registration here.

Why It Matters

CAMARA replaces fragmented, operator-specific approaches with a predictable, interoperable fabric for Network APIs—aligning semantics, security, and conformance so developers get consistent, user-friendly access to network capabilities. It also unlocks new collaboration opportunities across the value chain—between network operators, marketplaces, aggregators, and API customers—creating a scalable route to market. A critical success factor is CAMARA's established alignment with GSMA Open Gateway and TM Forum in creating an open, global, accessible API ecosystem. For customers and developers, the result is build-once, deploy-everywhere portability across networks and countries—reducing rework, preventing fragmentation, and accelerating the rollout and broad adoption of new, network-powered features and capabilities.

To learn more about all CAMARA's growing list of API families as well as specific APIs, please visit https://camaraproject.org/api-overview/.

CAMARA across the globe

Join CAMARA community members at upcoming global industry events, including:

• NetworkX Paris (14-16 October):
  • Operator Keynote "Harmonizing API standards for global impact" at 14th 4:40
  • Panel Discussion "Partnerships, success, challenges and progress update for network APIs" at 15th 9:55
  • Fireside Chat about Network APIs at 15th 13:15
• KubeCon + CloudNativeCon North America (10-13 November): Attendees can learn more about the community and how to get involved in the open telco API ecosystem at the CAMARA booth onsite. Developers, service providers, vendors, hyperscalers , aggregators, and enterprises are encouraged to stop by and learn more about the benefits of open APIs.

CAMARA project invites all interested parties to help build the best APIs for all telecom customers by joining as a Premium sponsor, General sponsor, associating organization, participating organization, or individual. More details on the project, as well as how to join, are available at https://camaraproject.org/.

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