This market study examines the Telecommunications API landscape in detail; assessing the trends and factors shaping the evolution of this growing market. The report delivers an in-depth analysis of the strategic opportunities for vendors; addressing key concerns, and the crucial role of how stakeholders should overcome these to capitalise and gain competitive edge on the emerging telco API opportunity. It also evaluates key country-level opportunities for telco API growth.
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- 1. Key Takeaways & Strategic Recommendations
- 1.1 Key Takeaways
- 1.2 Strategic Recommendations
- 2. Future Market Outlook
- 2.1 Introduction
- Figure 2.1: Enterprise Adoption of APIs without Standardised APIs
- Figure 2.2: Revenue Flow Without Telco APIs vs With
- 2.1.1 Future Market Outlook
- Figure 2.3: Total Operator Revenue from Telecommunications API Calls ($m), Split by 8 Key Regions, 2024-2029
- Figure 2.4: Total Number of Telecommunications API Calls in 2024 (m), Split by Category
- 2.1.2 Monetisation of API Services
- Figure 2.5: Business Models for API Access
- 2.1.3 Challenges for Future Market Development
- 3. GSMA Open Gateway and CAMARA
- 3.1 GSMA Open Gateway
- Figure 3.1: Global Coverage of Operator Groups Supporting Open Gateway
- Figure 3.2: Mobile Operators Signed Up to Open Gateway
- 3.2 Introduction to CAMARA APIs
- 3.2.1 Scope of the CAMARA Project
- 3.3 CAMARA API Types
- 3.3.1 Communications APIs
- i. Click to Dial
- Figure 3.3: Click to Dial API
- ii. Short Message Service
- iii. WebRTC
- 3.3.2 Connectivity APIs
- i. Connectivity Insights
- Figure 3.4: Connectivity Insights API Flow
- ii. Home Devices QoD
- iii. Network Slice Booking (Slice on Demand)
- iv. Quality on Demand
- Figure 3.5: Overview of QoD API
- v. Site to Cloud VPN
- Figure 3.6: Site to Cloud VPN API Flow
- 3.3.3 Device Identify & Status
- i. Device Identifier
- Figure 3.7: Device Identifier API
- ii. Device Location
- iii. Device Status
- iv. Device Swap
- 3.3.4 Mobile Fraud Prevention
- i. Call Forwarding Signal
- ii. KYC (Know Your Customer)
- Figure 3.8: KYC Match API Work Flow
- iii. Number Verification
- Figure 3.9: Without Number Verification API
- Figure 3.10: With Number Verification API
- iv. SIM Swap
- v. OTP Validation API
- 3.3.5 Mobile Payments
- i. Carrier Billing Check Out
- ii. Blockchain Public Address
- 3.3.6 Other APIs
- i. Population Density Data
- ii. Edge Cloud
- iii. Region User Count
- 3.4 Open Gateway APIs Launched in Different Regions
- Table 3.11: Operators in North America That Have Commercially Launched GSMA Open Gateway APIs as of May 2024
- Table 3.12: Operators in Latin America That Have Commercially Launched GSMA Open Gateway APIs as of May 2024
- Table 3.13: Operators in West Europe That Have Commercially Launched GSMA Open Gateway APIs as of May 2024
- Table 3.14: Operators in Far East & China That Have Commercially Launched GSMA Open Gateway APIs as of May 2024
- Table 3.15: Operators in Rest of Asia Pacific That Have Commercially Launched GSMA Open Gateway APIs as of May 2024
- Table 3.16: Operators in Africa & Middle East That Have Commercially Launched GSMA Open Gateway APIs as of May 2024
- 4. Country Readiness Index
- 4.1 Telco API Country Readiness Index
- Figure 4.1: Countries in Each Region
- Table 4.2: Juniper Research Telco API Country Readiness Index: Scoring Criteria
- Table 4.4: Telco APIs Country Readiness Index: Market Segments
- 4.1.1 Focus Markets
- i. Support for GSMA Open Gateway
- Figure 4.5: Total Number of Telecommunications API Calls ($m), Split by Brazil, Germany, Indonesia, and Spain, 2024-2025
- ii. Demand for Fraud Prevention Services
- Figure 4.6: Total Operator Revenue from Mobile Fraud Prevention API Calls in Select Countries in Far East & China ($m), 2024-2029
- 4.1.2 Growth Markets
- i. Operators to Prioritise Investment into 5G Infrastructure
- Figure 4.7: Total Number of 5G Connections (m) vs Operator Revenue from Network Connectivity APIs in West Europe ($m), 2026
- ii. Lower Support for the GSMA Open Gateway
- iii. Cellular IoT Connections Will Create Demand for Connectivity APIs
- Figure 4.8: Total Number of Cellular IoT Connections in Select Countries in West Europe (m), 2024-2026
- iv. High Operator ARPU Will Encourage Investment into Telecommunications APIs
- 4.1.3 Saturated Markets
- i. Low Demand for Telecommunications APIs
- Figure 4.9: Proportion of the Population That Are Banked (%), Average for Focus Markets vs Average for Saturated Markets, 2024
- ii. Low Operator ARPU for Future Investment into Telecommunications APIs
- 4.1.4 Developing Markets
- i. Limited 5G Infrastructure
- ii. Low Demand for the Fraud Prevention Use Case
- Table 4.10: Juniper Research Country Readiness Index Heatmap: North America
- Table 4.11: Juniper Research Country Readiness Index Heatmap: Latin America
- Table 4.12: Juniper Research Country Readiness Index Heatmap: West Europe
- Table 4.13: Juniper Research Country Readiness Index Heatmap: Central & East Europe
- Table 4.14: Juniper Research Country Readiness Index Heatmap: Far East & China
- Table 4.15: Juniper Research Country Readiness Index Heatmap: Indian Subcontinent
- Table 4.16: Juniper Research Country Readiness Index Heatmap: Rest of Asia Pacific
- Table 4.17: Juniper Research Country Readiness Index Heatmap: Africa & Middle East
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