Telecommunications & Connectivity in United Kingdom & Ireland

17 telecommunications & connectivity providers across United Kingdom & Ireland, publishing 96 APIs.

17 providers 96 published APIs 129 indexed documents

Telecommunications & Connectivity across United Kingdom & Ireland — 17 providers on the APIs.io network sit in both cohorts, and between them they publish 96 indexed APIs.

9 of the 17 publish at least one machine-readable API; 8 publish nothing indexed at all. That split is the first thing worth reading here — a vertical can be well represented in a market and still have almost no programmable surface.

By Kin Score band: 5 developing, 5 minimal, 4 emerging, and 1 strong.

Leading by rating: GSMA, GSMA Open Gateway, Ofcom, TMT ID, GOV.UK Notify, Liberty Global, and 11 more.

Region membership is derived from three explicit signals — a provider tag, a provider-name pattern, or a stated headquarters in the provider’s own description. This is a map of stated headquarters, not of markets served.

Providers (17)

Provider Description APIs Rating
GSMA The GSMA (GSM Association) is the London-headquartered global trade body for the mobile industry, representing roughly 750 mobile network operators and around 400 companies in t... 18 strong
GSMA Open Gateway GSMA Open Gateway is the mobile industry's operator-commitment and certification layer for network APIs, run by the GSM Association from its London headquarters in the United Ki... 22 developing
Ofcom Ofcom is the Office of Communications, the United Kingdom's independent regulator and competition authority for telecommunications, spectrum, broadcasting, post, and online safe... 2 developing
TMT ID TMT ID (trading name of TMT Analysis Limited, London) is a United Kingdom mobile number intelligence and anti-fraud data provider that sits between the mobile network operators ... 7 developing
GOV.UK Notify GOV.UK Notify is a UK government notification service operated by the Government Digital Service (GDS) that enables central government, local authorities, NHS organisations, and... 1 developing
Liberty Global Liberty Global is a London-headquartered converged connectivity group that owns and operates fixed-broadband and mobile networks across Europe, mostly through joint ventures rat... 3 developing
Virgin Media O2 Virgin Media O2 is the United Kingdom's converged fixed and mobile network operator, formed in 2021 as a 50/50 joint venture between Telefonica and Liberty Global by merging Vir... 1 emerging
Three UK Three UK (Hutchison 3G UK Limited, Reading, England) is a United Kingdom mobile network operator that launched in 2003 as the country's first 3G-only carrier and grew into a con... 0 emerging
Vodafone Vodafone Group plc is a UK-headquartered (Newbury, England) multinational telecommunications company and one of the world's largest mobile and fixed network operators, with oper... 27 emerging
Umony Umony is a London-based communications compliance platform, founded in 2017 and backed by Seedcamp, that captures, records, and archives employee voice calls, SMS, WhatsApp, and... 0 emerging
BT Group BT Group plc (British Telecommunications) is the United Kingdom's largest fixed-line, broadband, and mobile communications provider, headquartered in London with operations span... 15 minimal
Sonantic Sonantic was a London-based AI voice company that built hyper-realistic, emotionally expressive text-to-speech models for entertainment, gaming, and film. The company is best kn... 0 minimal
AccelerComm AccelerComm Limited is a British semiconductor and wireless physical-layer IP company headquartered at Southampton Science Park, spun out of the University of Southampton in 201... 0 minimal
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 La... 0 minimal
Openet Openet was an Irish telecommunications software company (headquartered in Dublin) that built real-time business support systems (BSS) for mobile network operators, including onl... 0 minimal
City Reach International City Reach International Limited was a UK-registered telecommunications and internet-infrastructure company, incorporated 14 April 2000 at 8 Salisbury Square, Blackfriars, Londo... 0
Movivo Movivo was a London-based mobile rewards startup (500 Startups / Distro Dojo, HQ London) whose consumer app let users cover the cost of their mobile airtime and data by completi... 0

Indexed API documents (129)

Two numbers, both real: these providers publish 96 APIs as their own documents, which the catalog indexes split one-per-resource into 129 documents.

GSMA Accounts API

The **Accounts** APIs are used to support a range of operations on a financial account resource and associated resources. Types of accoun...

GSMA Authorisation Codes API

The **Authorisation** Codes APIs allow a payer to generate a payment code which when presented to the payee, can be redeemed for an amoun...

GSMA Bills API

The **Bills** APIs allow a mobile money provider to allow customers to retrieve and pay bills. Specific use cases include: - Retrieving i...

GSMA Call Forwarding information retrieval API

Provides information on Call Forwarding settings for the provided phone number (PhoneNumber).

GSMA Check Device Swap API

Validate if the SIM of the end-user has been installed in a different device during a past period

GSMA Check SIM Swap API

operation to perform a sim swap check for a past period

GSMA Debit Mandates API

The **Debit Mandates** APIs allow a mobile money customer to provide prior approval for payments to be taken from their account by a requ...

GSMA Device reachability status API

Operations to get the current reachability status of a device

GSMA Discovery API

Find the closest Edge Cloud Zone to the user device.

GSMA Get Device Identifiers API

Retrieve details about the device being used by a mobile subscriber

GSMA Home Devices QoD API

QoD control operations for home devices

GSMA Links API

The **Links** APIs are used to establish a link between two separate accounts on the client and provider systems. The API can be used for...

GSMA Location Retrieval API

Retrieve the location of a device

GSMA Location Verification API

Verification of the location of a device

GSMA Match API

Operations to match a customer identity against the account data bound to their phone number.

GSMA One Step Payment API

Operations to manage One Step Payment procedure

GSMA OTP Management API

API operations to manage OTP codes

GSMA Payment API

Operations to obtain information about payments

GSMA Phone Number Share API

API operation to return the phone number associated to the access token.

GSMA Phone Number Verify API

API operation to verify a phone number received as input. It can be received either in plain text or hashed format.

GSMA Population Density Data API

Operations to retrieve population density information.

GSMA QoS Sessions API

Manage QoS sessions

GSMA Quotations API

The **Quotations** APIs are used to obtain one or multiple quotes for a mobile money customer who wishes to transfer money. The creation ...

GSMA Refund API

Operations to manage Refund procedure

GSMA Retrieve Device Swap Date API

Receive the last date in which the device of the end-user was swapped

GSMA Retrieve SIM Swap Date API

operation to retrieve latest SIM swap change date

GSMA Roaming status retrieval API

Operation to get device roaming status and country information (if roaming) synchronously

GSMA Supporting API

Supporting APIs consist of the following: - **Heartbeat API:** Used for monitoring purposes and establishes whether the system of an API ...

GSMA Transactions API

The **Transactions** APIs are used to support mobile money financial transaction use cases. Transactions are used for a wide range of use...

GSMA Two Step Payment API

Operations to manage Two Step Payment procedure

GSMA Unconditional Call Forwarding information retrieval API

Provides information on Unconditional Call Forwarding settings for the provided phone number (PhoneNumber)

GSMA Open Gateway Age Verification API

Operations to verify the age of a user.

GSMA Open Gateway API Product API

Operations for ApiProduct Resource

GSMA Open Gateway API Product Order API

Operations for ApiProductOrder Resource

GSMA Open Gateway Application API

Operations for Application Resource

GSMA Open Gateway Application Owner API

Operations for ApplicationOwner Resource

GSMA Open Gateway Call Forwarding information retrieval API

Provides information on Call Forwarding settings for the provided phone number (PhoneNumber).

GSMA Open Gateway Check Device Swap API

Validate if the SIM of the end-user has been installed in a different device during a past period

GSMA Open Gateway Check SIM swap API

The Check SIM swap API from GSMA Open Gateway — 1 operation(s) for check sim swap.

GSMA Open Gateway Check Subscriber Tenure API

Check details about the length of tenure of the subscriber

GSMA Open Gateway Connected Network Type API

Operations to get the network type device is connected to

GSMA Open Gateway Device reachability status API

Operations to get the current reachability status of a device

GSMA Open Gateway Device reachability status subscription API

Operation to manage event subscription on device reachability status event.

GSMA Open Gateway Discovery API

Find the closest Edge Cloud Zone to the user device.

GSMA Open Gateway events subscription API

Endpoints to register and terminate an Event Listener

GSMA Open Gateway Get Device Identifiers API

Retrieve details about the device being used by a mobile subscriber

GSMA Open Gateway Home Devices QoD API

QoD control operations for home devices

GSMA Open Gateway Location retrieval API

Retrieve the location of a device

GSMA Open Gateway Location verification API

Verification of the location of a device

GSMA Open Gateway Match API

Operations to match a customer identity against the account data bound to their phone number.

GSMA Open Gateway Monitor API

Operations for Monitor Resource

GSMA Open Gateway notification listener API

Notifications for Resource Lifecycle and event notifications

GSMA Open Gateway One Step Payment API

Operations to manage One Step Payment procedure

GSMA Open Gateway OTP Management API

API operations to manage OTP codes

GSMA Open Gateway Payment API

Operations to obtain information about payments

GSMA Open Gateway Phone number share API

API operation to return the phone number associated to the access token.

GSMA Open Gateway Phone number verify API

API operation to verify a phone number received as input. It can be received either in plain text or hashed format.

GSMA Open Gateway Population Density Data API

Operations to retrieve population density information.

GSMA Open Gateway QoS Profiles API

Manage QoS Profiles

GSMA Open Gateway QoS Sessions API

Manage QoS sessions

GSMA Open Gateway Retrieve Device Swap Date API

Receive the last date in which the device of the end-user was swapped

GSMA Open Gateway Retrieve SIM swap date API

The Retrieve SIM swap date API from GSMA Open Gateway — 1 operation(s) for retrieve sim swap date.

GSMA Open Gateway Roaming status retrieval API

Operation to get device roaming status and country information (if roaming) synchronously

GSMA Open Gateway Two Step Payment API

Operations to manage Two Step Payment procedure

GSMA Open Gateway Unconditional Call Forwarding information retrieval API

Provides information on Unconditional Call Forwarding settings for the provided phone number (PhoneNumber)

Ofcom Coverage API

The Coverage API from Ofcom — 1 operation(s) for coverage.

TMT ID Authenticate API

Authenticate user with MNO or OTP. These endpoints can be directly called by the users.

TMT ID HTTP API

The HTTP API API from TMT ID — 3 operation(s) for http api.

TMT ID HTTP API v1.3 API

The HTTP API v1.3 API from TMT ID — 2 operation(s) for http api v1.3.

TMT ID HTTP API v2.0 API

The HTTP API v2.0 API from TMT ID — 3 operation(s) for http api v2.0.

TMT ID Network Biometrics API

The Network Biometrics API from TMT ID — 1 operation(s) for network biometrics.

TMT ID Service API

Service endpoints

TMT ID Standard API Call API

The Standard API Call API from TMT ID — 1 operation(s) for standard api call.

TMT ID v2 (deprecated) API

The v2 (deprecated) API from TMT ID — 2 operation(s) for v2 (deprecated).

GOV.UK Notify Python Client

Official Python client library for the GOV.UK Notify API. Wraps the REST API with idiomatic Python methods for sending SMS, email, and le...

GOV.UK Notify Java Client

Official Java client library for the GOV.UK Notify API, providing methods for sending emails, SMS messages, and letters, as well as retri...

GOV.UK Notify .NET Client

Official .NET client library for the GOV.UK Notify API supporting C# and other .NET languages for sending government notifications via em...

GOV.UK Notify Node.js Client

Official Node.js client library for the GOV.UK Notify API for sending government notifications via email, SMS, and letters from JavaScrip...

GOV.UK Notify PHP Client

Official PHP client library for the GOV.UK Notify API for sending government notifications via email, SMS, and letters from PHP applicati...

GOV.UK Notify Ruby Client

Official Ruby client library for the GOV.UK Notify API for sending government notifications via email, SMS, and letters from Ruby and Rub...

GOV.UK Notify Notifications API

Send and retrieve notifications (email, SMS, letters)

GOV.UK Notify Received Text Messages API

Retrieve inbound text messages

GOV.UK Notify Templates API

Retrieve and preview notification templates

Liberty Global Applications API

The Applications API from Liberty Global — 2 operation(s) for applications.

Liberty Global Maintainer API

The Maintainer API from Liberty Global — 4 operation(s) for maintainer.

Liberty Global STB API

The STB API from Liberty Global — 2 operation(s) for stb.

Virgin Media O2 Newsroom Content API (WordPress REST)

The anonymous read surface of the Virgin Media O2 press newsroom, served by WordPress at news.virginmediao2.co.uk/wp-json/. It is the onl...

Number Verification 2.0 (CAMARA)

Frictionless mobile-number verification that confirms ownership of the MSISDN currently in use on the device, using the operator network ...

Number Verification 1.0 (CAMARA)

Earlier CAMARA Number Verification implementation, still maintained for backwards compatibility with integrations built before the 2.0 re...

SIM Swap (CAMARA)

CAMARA SIM Swap API that returns the timestamp of the most recent SIM change for a given MSISDN (latestSimChange), used by banks and fint...

Match (CAMARA)

CAMARA-aligned identity-match API that compares user-supplied attributes (name, address, date of birth) against operator-held subscriber ...

Number Recycling (CAMARA)

Tells callers whether a mobile number has been recycled (re-assigned to a new subscriber) since a given date, so that downstream systems ...

Quality on Demand

CAMARA Quality on Demand API for requesting a temporary QoS uplift on a specific UE session — used for cloud gaming, live broadcast contr...

Quality of Service Profiles

Lists the QoS profiles a developer may request via Quality on Demand, including profile identifiers, throughput class, and latency targets.

QoS Provisioning

Longer-lived QoS provisioning for enterprise customers who want a persistent QoS profile applied to a set of subscriptions. Available in ...

Active Subscriber

Confirms whether an MSISDN is currently an active Vodafone subscriber. Available in UK.

Age Verify

Network-based age-assurance lookup that returns whether the subscriber behind a given MSISDN is above a configured age threshold, without...

Call Divert

Indicates whether call forwarding is currently active on the target number — a useful signal for fraud-detection flows where divert-to- a...

Home Network Check

Returns whether a subscriber is currently on their home network or roaming — useful for fraud-scoring and conditional flows that adjust b...

MVNO Discovery

Resolves the underlying MVNO/host-network for a given mobile number so that callers can route their integration to the correct operator A...

Number Lookup

HLR-style lookup returning the operator, country, portability status, and basic line-type metadata for a given E.164 mobile number.

Number Recycle

Vodafone's pre-CAMARA Number Recycling lookup, retained alongside the CAMARA-aligned variant for existing integrations.

Tenure

Returns how long the current subscriber has held the MSISDN — short tenure is a strong signal in fraud-scoring models for newly-acquired ...

Brand Registration

Registers a sender brand for A2P SMS and Verified Caller flows so that consumer handsets display branded sender identity rather than a ra...

Verified Caller

Branded-calling product that lets enterprises display a verified brand name and reason-for-call on the called party's handset. Available ...

SMS Messaging Hub

A2P SMS messaging gateway for sending one-time-passcodes, alerts, and marketing messages to Vodafone subscribers and onward via interconn...

Vodafone Roaming Services (VRS)

Vodafone Roaming Services Network Usage Event API streams roaming network-usage events to partner operators for settlement, fraud detecti...

Vodafone Analytics — Real-time Footfall

Real-time, aggregated, and anonymised footfall counts per area derived from the Vodafone mobile network — used by retail, transport, and ...

Vodafone Analytics — Footfall Historic Order

Orders historic, aggregated footfall datasets for a defined area and time window. Available in DE and UK.

Vodafone Analytics — Reference QuadKey Helper

Helper API for resolving Bing-style QuadKey tile identifiers used as the spatial primary key by Vodafone Analytics Footfall products.

Vodafone Analytics — Free Location Dataset

Free-tier aggregated location dataset for evaluating Vodafone Analytics before committing to paid Footfall products.

Block SIM

Partner API for blocking a SIM (e.g. lost-or-stolen) on the Vodafone network on behalf of an authenticated subscriber. Available in NL.

Get PUK Code

Partner API for retrieving a PUK unblocking code on behalf of an authenticated subscriber whose SIM is PIN-locked. Available in NL.

TMF931 — Onboarding And Ordering

TM Forum TMF931 Onboarding And Ordering Open API exposed as part of the GSMA Open Gateway Operate APIs, so that aggregators and channel p...

Direct Carrier Billing API

Charge one-off or recurring purchases directly to a verified end user's BT or EE mobile bill or pre-pay credit, enabling carrier-billed p...

SIM Swap Detection API

Query when a mobile subscriber's SIM was last changed so relying parties can detect SIM-swap account-takeover attacks before sending SMS ...

Network Identity API

Determine whether a given mobile number is on the EE or BT Mobile network, or on one of EE's MVNO partners, returning an anonymised mobil...

Broadband One Order API

Place broadband orders from communications-provider systems directly into BT Wholesale's "The Hub" order platform for Broadband One produ...

Quote Management (Ethernet)

Create and retrieve quotes for BT Wholesale Ethernet and Optical connectivity products as part of B2B ordering flows.

Address Management API

Search the Rest of BT (RoBT) and Openreach address databases to retrieve address records and address keys for ordering, and create addres...

Appointment Management API

Book, amend, and cancel engineer appointment slots for wholesale broadband and voice provisioning workflows.

Product and Network Availability API

Check product and network availability at a given address or premises for wholesale broadband and voice services prior to ordering.

BT Wholesale HubCo WHCE API

Wholesale Hosted Centrex / Voice (WHCE) API for managing hosted voice services delivered via BT Wholesale's HubCo platform.

Global Voice Services API

Initiate ordering of phone numbers and configuration for BT Global Voice Services consumed by multinational enterprise customers.

IMEI Lookup API

Retrieve the IMEI associated with a given MSISDN for device identification, fraud, and entitlement checks.

Home Network API

Verify whether a customer's phone is currently connected to EE's mobile network, supporting risk decisioning and step-up authentication.

Rail Insights API

Provide strategic insights into current and future demand on the UK's railway network derived from BT's mobile network and analytics capa...

Location Insights for London API

Access insights on footfall activity and visitor catchments across any location in London, derived from anonymised mobile network signals.

Travel Journey API Platform

Platform of APIs supplying travel and journey intelligence derived from BT's network and Active Intelligence capabilities.

Other industries in United Kingdom & Ireland

Artificial Intelligence 94 Financial Services 90 Banking & Open Banking 87 Data & Analytics 55 Insurance 47 Real Estate 45 Education & EdTech 42 Government & Public Sector 42 Healthcare 42 Climate & Sustainability 38 Digital Health & Telehealth 38 Energy 38 All of United Kingdom & Ireland →

Telecommunications & Connectivity elsewhere

North America 113 Europe 71 Latin America 17 Greater China 16 France & Iberia 15 India & South Asia 14 Japan & Korea 14 Nordics 12 Australia & New Zealand 11 DACH (Germany · Austria · Switzerland) 11 Africa 7 Middle East 6 All of Telecommunications & Connectivity →

This page is the intersection of two independently computed cohorts: United Kingdom & Ireland and Telecommunications & Connectivity. A provider appears here only when it is already a member of both. United Kingdom & Ireland membership is matched on tag, name pattern, stated HQ, so this is a floor rather than a census — coverage gaps show up here as small numbers, not as absent pages.

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