Aepona

Aepona was a telecommunications software company founded in 1999 and headquartered in Belfast, Northern Ireland, with additional offices in Dublin, the United States, and Sri Lanka. Its Network-as-a-Service platform let mobile network operators and cloud service providers expose carrier network capabilities — messaging, voice, location, identity, and carrier billing — to third-party developers through common-language REST APIs, and merchandize them through multi-sided business models. Backed by Amadeus Capital Partners and Sapphire Ventures, Aepona was acquired by Intel in April 2013 for approximately $124 million and folded into Intel's software and services group alongside the Mashery API-management acquisition. The company is no longer operating independently and its developer surface is defunct; this profile is retained as a historical record within the API Evangelist network.

Aepona is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Infrastructure, Telecommunications, APIs, and Network as a Service.

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6.8/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
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CompanyInfrastructureTelecommunicationsAPIsNetwork as a ServiceAPI MonetizationMobileAcquired

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 6.8/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 0.0 / 20
Operational Transparency 0.0 / 13
Governance 0.0 / 12
Discoverability 6.8 / 10
Agent readiness — 0/100 · human only
Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 0 / 15
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8
Request/Response Examples 0 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
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Security Posture 1

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Aepona Domain Security

no transport/DNS hardening detected

SECURITY

Resources

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: aepona
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Unknown
  confidence: low
  source: []
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/aepona.png
name: Aepona
description: Aepona was a telecommunications software company founded in 1999 and headquartered in Belfast, Northern Ireland,
  with additional offices in Dublin, the United States, and Sri Lanka. Its Network-as-a-Service platform let mobile network
  operators and cloud service providers expose carrier network capabilities — messaging, voice, location, identity, and carrier
  billing — to third-party developers through common-language REST APIs, and merchandize them through multi-sided business
  models. Backed by Amadeus Capital Partners and Sapphire Ventures, Aepona was acquired by Intel in April 2013 for approximately
  $124 million and folded into Intel's software and services group alongside the Mashery API-management acquisition. The company
  is no longer operating independently and its developer surface is defunct; this profile is retained as a historical record
  within the API Evangelist network.
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/aepona/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
x-type: company
x-source: vc-portfolio
x-backed-by:
- sapphire-ventures
- amadeus-capital
x-tier: stub
x-tier-reason: portfolio-lead
x-status: defunct-acquired
x-acquired-by: intel
x-acquired-date: '2013-04-28'
specificationVersion: '0.20'
created: '2026-07-17'
modified: '2026-07-17'
tags:
- Company
- Infrastructure
- Telecommunications
- APIs
- Network as a Service
- API Monetization
- Mobile
- Acquired
apis: []
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
common:
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/aepona-domain-security.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://www.aepona.com/
x-enrichment:
  date: '2026-07-19'
  status: backfilled
  pass: local-v1
  note: backfilled from .gitignore signal + verified work evidence