Our "Telecommunications API" (Application Programming Interfaces) research suite is comprised of comprehensive and insightful impact analysis of key factors of this evolving market; enabling stakeholders from network operators, messaging service providers, enterprise developers and hyperscalers to understand major factors that include future growth, key trends and investment opportunities in the demand for telecom APIs.
The current telecom API market report includes several different options that can be purchased separately, including access to a market forecast of the adoption and future growth of the telco API market; a detailed study highlighting the latest trends and opportunities direct impact within the market, and two leaderboard documents containing an analysis of the major players in communications API provision and leading network management API vendors in the space. The coverage can also be purchased as a full research suite, containing all of these elements, and including a substantial discount.
The custom report in the telecom sector provides a critical tool for stakeholders in the telecoms industry for navigating this rapidly developing market and dynamic landscape; allowing vendors to shape their future strategy with telco API monetisation and capitalise on emerging opportunities as programmable networks become a reality. Its extensive coverage makes this telecom API market analysis research suite an incredibly valuable resource for examining the future of this changing market.
Key Features
Market Dynamics: Provides detailed insight into the outlook of the telco API market; assessing the key drivers to future market growth, including the role of global initiatives such as the GSMA Open Gateway and CAMARA Project in providing access to network capabilities to app developers. It addresses market dynamics such as the key challenges that must be overcome for this market to experience significant growth, including scalability and ensuring quality of service is met. The research also explores the different APIs under the CAMARA Project; examining the benefits and market demand for these services, and the commercial models which will be used for monetisation.
Key Takeaways & Strategic Recommendations: In-depth analysis of key development opportunities, industry trends and findings within the telco API market; accompanied by key strategic recommendations for stakeholders.
Benchmark Industry Forecasts: The market size and forecasts for telco APIs include 5-year forecasts for total number of API calls, and total operator revenue for telecommunications APIs. The forecast breaks this down into different API categories: Device Identity & Status, Mobile Fraud Prevention, Mobile Payments, Network Connectivity and Communications.
Juniper Research Competitor Leaderboard: Key industry player capability and capacity assessments for leading telecommunications API vendors, via the Juniper Research Competitor Leaderboard; which separates communications API and network management API vendors.
Market Data & Forecasting Report
The market-leading research suite for the "Telecommunications API" market includes access to the full set of market forecast data of 30 tables and over 13,500 datapoints. Metrics in the research suite include:
Total Number of Telecommunications API Calls
Total Operator Revenue from Telecommunications API Calls
These metrics are provided for the following API categories:
Device Identity & Status
Mobile Fraud Prevention
Mobile Payments APIs
Network Connectivity
Communications
Juniper Research Interactive Forecast Excel contains the following functionality:
Statistics Analysis: Users benefit from the ability to search for specific metrics, displayed for all regions and countries across the data period. Graphs are easily modified and can be exported to the clipboard.
Country Data Tool: This tool lets users look at metrics for all key regions and countries in the forecast period. Users can refine the metrics displayed via a search bar.
Country Comparison Tool: Users can select countries and compare each of them for specific countries. The ability to export graphs is included in this tool.
What-if Analysis: Here, users can compare forecast metrics against their own assumptions, via 5 interactive scenarios.
Market Trends & Strategies Report
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.
Competitor Leaderboard Report
This telecom industry market players report includes two Competitor Leaderboard reports, which provide a wide range and detailed evaluation and market positioning of 16 leading Communications API and 15 Network Management API vendors. The vendors are positioned as established leaders, leading challengers or disruptors and challengers based on largest market share capacity and capability assessments.
Juniper Research Competitor Leaderboard for Communications APIs, including key players:
BICS
CM.com
Comviva
Genesys
Infobip
Microsoft Azure
Mitto
Orange
Route Mobile
Sinch
Soprano Design
Syniverse
Telesign
Twilio Inc.
Vodafone Group
Vonage
Juniper Research Competitor Leaderboard for Network Management APIs, including key players:
Amazon Web Services
BICS
Comviva
Cisco Systems Inc.
Deutsche Telekom
Ericsson
Fujitsu
Google Cloud
Huawei
Mavenir
Nokia
Orange
Syniverse
Verizon
Vodafone
These documents are centred around the Juniper Research Competitor Leaderboard; a vendor positioning tool that provides an at-a-glance view of the competitive landscape in a market, backed by a robust methodology.
Table of Contents
Market Trends & Strategies
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
Competitor Leaderboard
1. Juniper Research Competitor Leaderboard: Communications API Vendors
Table 1.1: Juniper Research Competitor Leaderboard: Vendors & Product Portfolio
Figure 1.2: Juniper Research Competitor Leaderboard: Telecommunications API Vendors (Communications)