CAMARA Project
CAMARA is the Telco Global API Alliance — an open-source project hosted by the Linux Foundation that defines, builds, and tests a unified set of network APIs across the world's mobile operators. Working alongside the GSMA Open Gateway commercialization initiative, CAMARA produces operator-neutral OpenAPI 3.0 specifications for 60+ telco network capabilities including Number Verification, SIM Swap, Device Location, Quality on Demand, KYC, Carrier Billing, Edge Discovery, Device Status, SMS, and more — all published under Apache 2.0. The project is organized into Sandbox, Incubating, and Graduated sub-projects with cross-cutting Commonalities, Identity and Consent Management, and Release Management working groups. Major contributors include Deutsche Telekom, Orange, Telefonica, Vodafone, T-Mobile, Verizon, AT&T, KDDI, SK Telecom, China Mobile, and dozens of other operators and vendors.
APIs
CAMARA Number Verification API
Verify or retrieve the mobile phone number currently allocated by the network operator to the SIM in the end user's device. Uses silent network-based or SIM-based authentication...
CAMARA SIM Swap API
Detect whether the SIM associated with a mobile phone number has recently been swapped to a different SIM. Returns the most recent SIM swap timestamp or a boolean check for a co...
CAMARA Device Location API
Retrieve the network-derived location of a mobile device, verify whether a device is within a given geographic area, or subscribe to geofencing entry/exit events. Location is pr...
CAMARA Quality on Demand API
Request elevated network Quality of Service for a specific device-application session — committed bandwidth, low latency, or prioritized traffic — for a bounded time window. Inc...
CAMARA Device Status API
Query whether a mobile device is reachable on the network, currently roaming, and what type of network it is connected to (2G, 3G, 4G, 5G, NB-IoT). Used by IoT fleet management,...
CAMARA Know Your Customer API
KYC sub-project bundling three identity APIs. KYC Match scores a supplied set of customer attributes (name, address, DOB, document number, etc.) against the operator's records. ...
CAMARA One Time Password SMS API
Send a one-time password via SMS to a target phone number and validate the code returned by the user. Operator delivers the SMS through the home network, so messages bypass thir...
CAMARA Device Swap API
Detect whether the device (IMEI) associated with a phone number has recently changed. Complements SIM Swap as a fraud signal — a fresh device or SIM behind a known phone number ...
CAMARA Simple Edge Discovery API
Discover the optimal Multi-access Edge Computing (MEC) endpoint for a given client device. The operator returns the closest edge data center URL based on the device's current ne...
CAMARA Carrier Billing Checkout API
Direct Carrier Billing checkout — initiate a one-time or recurring charge against the subscriber's mobile phone bill, with confirmation and refund flows. Lets merchants accept p...
CAMARA Population Density Data API
Aggregated, anonymized counts of mobile devices observed in a target geographic area over a time window. Powers smart-city planning, retail footfall analytics, event crowd manag...
CAMARA Home Devices Quality on Demand API
Quality on Demand applied to fixed-broadband home networks — request boosted bandwidth or prioritized traffic for a specific device behind a home gateway for a bounded time window.
CAMARA Call Forwarding Signal API
Detect whether a subscriber currently has unconditional, busy, no-reply, or unreachable call forwarding configured. Fraud signal used in conjunction with SIM Swap and Number Ver...
CAMARA Short Message Service API
Send SMS messages programmatically with operator-delivered routing. Includes a delivery-notification subscription surface for CloudEvents callbacks on message status (delivered,...
CAMARA Connectivity Insights API
Real-time connectivity quality insights — measured throughput, latency, jitter, and signal classification — for a target device. Used by applications to adapt quality (bitrate, ...