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      Network APIs – Unlocking new revenue opportunities

      Ericsson and leading communications service providers are redefining the industry with network APIs.

      Discover the potential of network APIs

      With network APIs, developers can easily access advanced 5G capabilities provided by service providers. This unlocks the opportunity to develop new enhanced applications and services, driving new revenue opportunities for the entire ecosystem, benefitting communications service providers, enterprises, and application developers.

      What are network APIs?

      Network APIs (Application Programming Interfaces) give application developers and enterprises easy access to advanced 5G network capabilities, including differentiated connectivity, location services, security and authentication, and network insights. This enables them to enhance existing applications and build entirely new ones.

      These standardized interfaces allow applications and mobile networks to communicate seamlessly, opening up new ways for service providers to monetize their network through innovative business models.

      Developers expect accessing network APIs to feel as intuitive as working with communications APIs through a Communications Platform-as-a-Service (CPaaS), a model already widely used to integrate capabilities like SMS, voice, chat, and video into software applications. By evolving CPaaS into a broader network platform that also exposes network APIs, including open standard CAMARA APIs, communications service providers (CSPs) can unlock new revenue streams while empowering millions of developers and enterprises to build richer, more capable applications and services.

      Ericsson's network and service exposure platforms take this further, enabling CSPs to expose standardized network APIs both through global CPaaS and aggregator partners, and directly to enterprises in local markets. Advanced 5G capabilities can be packaged into sector-specific solutions tailored to real industry needs. This dual approach helps CSPs monetize their 5G investments through partner ecosystems, while also building locally tailored services with greater control over pricing, customer relationships, and value capture.

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      Unlocking the next frontier in app development with harmonized global network APIs

      Developers and enterprises have long struggled to access the full potential of mobile networks. By making advanced network capabilities readily available through network APIs, a new wave of innovation can unfold across industries. Harmonizing these APIs across CSPs globally simplifies integration, enabling developers and enterprises to build applications and services that work anywhere, on any network, without requiring separate agreements with individual CSPs. A unified global network API platform brings consistency to developer platforms, supporting seamless global services and innovation at scale.

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      How to be successful with network APIs?

      Advanced networks open up vast opportunities for CSPs to move beyond basic connectivity. By collaborating with application developers, partners, and enterprise customers, CSPs can co-create high-performing, reliable mobile applications that redefine user experiences and set new benchmarks for innovation.

      Offering a combination of communications and network APIs, including open standard CAMARA APIs, simplifies the path for developers and guides CSPs' customers toward rapid implementation, new differentiated experiences, and accelerated revenue growth.

      CSPs can monetize network APIs through a range of business models, engaging CPaaS providers, aggregators, application service providers, and end customers. Commercialization options include wholesale and retail models, with revenue structures based on revenue share, subscription, or usage. The right approach depends on the operator's go-to-market strategy, whether that means partnering with CPaaS providers or aggregators, selling directly through their own platform, or a combination of both.

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      How leveraging network APIs can create value and monetization opportunities

      Accelerating service innovation across the ICT industry: a collaborative vision

      How does collaboration unlock the full potential of advanced networks? In this panel discussion, Ericsson and leading industry players explore how communication service providers are evolving from basic connectivity CSPs into value-driven enablers of reliable, high-performance networks and measurable business outcomes.

      Featured partners: Accenture, C3 AI, Deutsche Telekom, NVIDIA, Vonage

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      How can service providers get ready to expose network APIs?

      In 5G, CSPs can activate and expose new network capabilities through APIs, increasing the programmability and flexibility of connectivity services to suit diverse use cases, including differentiated connectivity, FWA mobility monetization, fraud detection and protection, and more. With well-defined, harmonized APIs, developers and enterprises can interact with key elements of the 5G network, consuming advanced capabilities in ways that can ultimately scale across networks and markets, with the potential for global reach.

      CSPs can expose Network APIs to aggregators and channels towards application developers but they can also follow a direct exposure model, offering open network APIs via their own portals, marketplaces and solution bundles. This direct channel allows CSPs to package new innovative services with voice and data into tailored offers for their local markets.

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      Global network API aggregator for scale and reach

      Introducing a global aggregator to harmonize network APIs

      Commercializing network APIs traditionally requires individual contracts between developers, enterprises and CSPs around the world, creating complexity and friction for all parties involved. Scalability adds another layer of challenge, as API adoption cannot be limited to a single country or operator but must span multiple markets and networks to deliver real value.

      Aduna addresses this by aggregating standardized network APIs from multiple mobile CSPs into a single, unified platform. Through one commercial agreement and one integration, developers and enterprises can access trusted telecommunications capabilities including fraud prevention, identity verification, and quality-of-service management. This simplifies deployment and accelerates access to global markets.

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      Introducing a global aggregator to harmonize network APIs

      How to reach out to developers?

      Reaching millions of application developers is easier when you have the right partner. Vonage a leading developer platform and cloud communications provider, gives CSPs a simple and secure way to expose advanced network capabilities to a worldwide developer community through easy-to-consume network APIs.

      Vonage understands what developers need. Through its accessible developer portal, Vonage provides software development kits (SDKs) with implementation guides, extensive API documentation, and a range of support services, giving the global developer community everything they need to get started quickly and build with confidence.

      Discover how Vonage delivers cutting-edge solutions with Network APIs

      Discover how Vonage delivers cutting-edge solutions with Network APIs

      With a community of 1.6 million developers across more than 100 countries, Vonage is a market leader in delivering software solutions powered by network APIs. From fraud protection and quality on demand to network insights and location services, Vonage transforms mobile network capabilities into innovative, ready-to-use products. Explore how Vonage and Ericsson's network APIs unlock new growth opportunities for service providers.

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      How can enterprises benefit from network APIs?

      The services built on CPaaS are already part of everyday life, from appointment reminders sent by dental clinics and flight updates from airlines, to parcel tracking notifications and one-time passwords (OTPs). CPaaS has succeeded by packaging communication services such as messaging, voice, and video into tools and documentation that developers can easily integrate into their own applications.

      Now imagine building on that foundation with the advanced capabilities of 5G. Higher bandwidth, improved availability, low latency, greater robustness, and managed security open up a wealth of new opportunities for developers and enterprises, enabling these capabilities to be embedded into far more sophisticated use cases through open network APIs.

      This evolution has the potential to significantly enhance areas such as enterprise digital transformation, connected vehicles, live media broadcasting, HD video conferencing and collaboration, cloud gaming, remote patient care, and more. These innovations create new revenue opportunities across the entire wireless ecosystem, benefiting developers, service providers, and enterprises alike.

      Ready to unlock the value of network APIs?

      Ericsson's network and service exposure platforms give CSPs everything they need to activate, expose, and monetize advanced 5G network capabilities. Whether you are looking to reach global developer communities, build locally tailored enterprise solutions, or scale through partner ecosystems, Ericsson can help you take the next step.