GSMA Open Gateway is a new framework of universal network Application Programmable Interfaces (APIs) designed to provide developers with access to operator network features, starting with eight features:
SIM Swap,
QoD
Device Status (Connected or Roaming Status)
Number Verify
Edge Site Selection and Routing
Number Verification (SMS 2FA)
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Device Location (Verify Location).
Additional APIs are expected, and GSMA touts the move as similar in potential impact to voice roaming, in terms of enabling global access in a consistent manner.
Edge Site Selection and Routing supports autonomous vehicles. Verify Location is expected to support fleet management and incident reporting.
SIM Swap is intended to deter financial crime. “Quality on demand” (QoD) is expected to support low-latency applications such as drone control, robotics, extended reality and immersive online gaming, GSMA says.
Designed to expose mobile operators’ network capabilities, the effort initially is supported by 21 mobile network operators,
GSMA itself says the move “represents a paradigm shift.”
Participants include America Movil, AT&T, Axiata, Bharti Airtel, China Mobile, Deutsche Telekom, e& Group, KDDI, KT, Liberty Global, MTN, Orange, Singtel, Swisscom, STC, Telefónica, Telenor, Telstra, TIM, Verizon and Vodafone.
The level of success might ultimately be determined by developer interest in using those network features and whether and how much mobile operators can create revenue models around the APIs.
The GSMA Open Gateway has mobile operators in the role of API Provider, while developers are API Consumers.
The unstated assumption is that developers will find the APIs so compelling they will pay to use them, rather than attempting to create access to those features themselves. The extent of value also hinges on whether a desired value can be sourced in some other way, or does not add enough value to warrant payment of fees.
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