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Affirmed Networks

Affirmed Networks is a mobile networking company founded in 2010 (Andover, Massachusetts) that pioneered fully virtualized, cloud-native mobile core software for service providers. Its portfolio spanned a Virtualized Evolved Packet Core (vEPC), the UnityCloud 5G Core, Private Network Service, Network Slicing, and service-automation/analytics tooling, deployed by 100+ mobile operators including AT&T, Orange, Vodafone, and Telus. The company was acquired by Microsoft in March 2020 and folded into the Azure for Operators initiative; the affirmednetworks.com site now operates as a Microsoft company marketing presence with no independent public developer portal or API. Surfaced in the API Evangelist network as a portfolio company of Matrix Partners.

Affirmed Networks is profiled on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Company, Infrastructure, Telecommunications, 5G, and Mobile Core.

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11.0/100 minimal ▬ flat Agent 0/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
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CompanyInfrastructureTelecommunications5GMobile CoreCloud NativeNetwork Functions VirtualizationAcquired

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scored 2026-07-27 · rubric v0.5
Composite quality — 11.0/100 · minimal
Contract Quality 0.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 0.0 / 20
Commercial Clarity 4.2 / 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.

Affirmed Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Resources

Access & Security 1

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy
 TermsOfService
TermsOfService

Company 1

The organization behind the API

Website
Website

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
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name: Affirmed Networks
description: Affirmed Networks is a mobile networking company founded in 2010 (Andover, Massachusetts) that pioneered fully
  virtualized, cloud-native mobile core software for service providers. Its portfolio spanned a Virtualized Evolved Packet
  Core (vEPC), the UnityCloud 5G Core, Private Network Service, Network Slicing, and service-automation/analytics tooling,
  deployed by 100+ mobile operators including AT&T, Orange, Vodafone, and Telus. The company was acquired by Microsoft in
  March 2020 and folded into the Azure for Operators initiative; the affirmednetworks.com site now operates as a Microsoft
  company marketing presence with no independent public developer portal or API. Surfaced in the API Evangelist network as
  a portfolio company of Matrix Partners.
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- Telecommunications
- 5G
- Mobile Core
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- Network Functions Virtualization
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maintainers:
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  email: kin@apievangelist.com
- FN: APIs.json
  email: info@apis.io
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