MWC confirms network API collaboration is accelerating as announcements come in thick and fast
Ericsson’s API joint-venture Aduna has announced a partnership with Bridge Alliance to accelerate the adoption of CAMARA-based network application programming interfaces (APIs). With some of the biggest telcos already in the Aduna joint-venture, getting Bridge Alliance on board, which has several big APAC telcos in it, is a clear sign that network APIs are coalescing around CAMARA APIs.
Last July, Bridge Alliance, which includes 34 mobile operators worldwide partnered Singtel, now an Aduna member, to launch a telco API exchange – the Bridge Alliance API Exchange (BAEx) powered by Singtel’s Paragon, the all-in-one orchestration platform for telco networks.
The partnership with Bridge Alliance marks another first for Aduna by expanding its global ecosystem through partner program agreements. As growing numbers of Bridge Alliance members embrace network APIs, the new agreement will form the basis for Aduna to work with Bridge Alliance members.
In return, enterprise customers of Bridge Alliance members working with Aduna will be able to tap the benefits of Aduna’s global reach and rapidly growing mobile operator ecosystem. Aduna developer platform partners – including Google Cloud, InfoBip, Sinch and Vonage – will enjoy direct access to Bridge Alliance partner networks working with Aduna. Aduna and Bridge Alliance will also join forces in support of global standardisation efforts (such as GSMA Open Gateway, CAMARA and TM Forum).
Broader ecosystem
“Together with Aduna, we are enabling a broader ecosystem of APIs. Enterprise customers will be able to consume telco APIs for their regional business with ease,” said Bridge Alliance CEO Dr Ong Geok Chwee. “More importantly, all parties benefit from our streamlined technical and commercial framework when working with network APIs.”
“Providing developers with ubiquitous access to open, programmable network functionality through common APIs will empower them to innovate at hyperscale,” said Aduna CEO Anthony Bartolo (above). “This partnership with Bridge Alliance accelerates Aduna’s aims by offering telecom operators and developers unparalleled access to harmonised network APIs across partners’ networks, while offering all Bridge Alliance members access to network APIs across Aduna global partner network.”
Orange LiveNet
Orange, a member of Aduna, and one of the original partners of the GSMA’s Open Gateway initiative launched two years ago at MWC, has launched Orange LiveNet, a dedicated business unit aimed at marketing network APIs. Read more here.
