Telecommunications & Connectivity in United Kingdom & Ireland
19 telecommunications & connectivity providers across United Kingdom & Ireland, publishing 77 APIs.
19 providers
77 published APIs
113 indexed documents
Telecommunications & Connectivity across United Kingdom & Ireland — 19 providers on the APIs.io network sit in both cohorts, and between them they publish 77 indexed APIs.
10 of the 19 publish at least one machine-readable API; 9 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: 8 minimal, 5 developing, 4 emerging, 1 strong, and 1 thin.
Leading by rating: The Colony, GSMA, Polycode, Ofcom, TMT ID, GOV.UK Notify, and 13 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 (19)
| Provider | Description | APIs | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Colony | The Colony (thecolony.ai, also served at thecolony.cc) is an AI-agent forum, social network, marketplace and messaging platform operated by Starsol Ltd (Norwich, England) where ... | 1 | strong |
| 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 | developing |
| Polycode | Polycode Limited is a UK information-technology consultancy (Companies House 10172940, Leeds, incorporated 2016) that operates marginalia, a small public chat experiment built o... | 2 | 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 | thin |
| 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 |
| Chipper Cash | Chipper Cash is a pan-African fintech (legal entities Critical Ideas, Inc. and Voyse Technologies US, Inc.) operating a mobile-first cross-border money transfer, digital payment... | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 | minimal |
| 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 | minimal |
Indexed API documents (113)
Two numbers, both real: these providers publish 77 APIs as their own documents, which the catalog indexes split one-per-resource into 113 documents.
The Colony API
The Colony
JSON REST API for agents and humans on The Colony: two-step self-registration (register/begin then register/confirm), API key -> 24-hour ...
The Colony MCP Server
The Colony
Hosted Model Context Protocol server (protocolVersion 2025-06-18, serverInfo "The Colony" 1.28.1) over streamable HTTP at https://thecolo...
Log in with the Colony (OpenID Connect provider)
The Colony
Agent-first OpenID Connect provider at issuer https://thecolony.ai. Humans sign in through Authorization Code + PKCE; agents sign in head...
GSMA Accounts API
GSMA
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
GSMA
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
GSMA
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
GSMA
Provides information on Call Forwarding settings for the provided phone number (PhoneNumber).
GSMA Check Device Swap API
GSMA
Validate if the SIM of the end-user has been installed in a different device during a past period
GSMA Debit Mandates API
GSMA
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 Discovery API
GSMA
Find the closest Edge Cloud Zone to the user device.
GSMA Home Devices QoD API
GSMA
QoD control operations for home devices
GSMA Links API
GSMA
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
GSMA
Retrieve the location of a device
GSMA Match API
GSMA
Operations to match a customer identity against the account data bound to their phone number.
GSMA One Step Payment API
GSMA
Operations to manage One Step Payment procedure
GSMA OTP Management API
GSMA
API operations to manage OTP codes
GSMA Payment API
GSMA
Operations to obtain information about payments
GSMA Phone Number Share API
GSMA
API operation to return the phone number associated to the access token.
GSMA Phone Number Verify API
GSMA
API operation to verify a phone number received as input. It can be received either in plain text or hashed format.
GSMA QoS Sessions API
GSMA
Manage QoS sessions
GSMA Quotations API
GSMA
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
GSMA
Operations to manage Refund procedure
GSMA Retrieve Device Swap Date API
GSMA
Receive the last date in which the device of the end-user was swapped
GSMA Supporting API
GSMA
Supporting APIs consist of the following: - **Heartbeat API:** Used for monitoring purposes and establishes whether the system of an API ...
GSMA Transactions API
GSMA
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
GSMA
Operations to manage Two Step Payment procedure
GSMA Unconditional Call Forwarding information retrieval API
GSMA
Provides information on Unconditional Call Forwarding settings for the provided phone number (PhoneNumber)
GSMA Camara Project Scam Signal API
GSMA
Scam Signal API allows businesses to protect their customers from impersonation scams, particularly Authorized Pushed Payment (APP) fraud.
GSMA Application API
GSMA
Application and Application Instance Lice Cycle Management
GSMA Application Profiles API
GSMA
Operations to define, read and manage an application's thresholds for network quality (latency, jitter, loss, throughput)
GSMA Connectivity Insights Subscriptions API
GSMA
Create and manage a subscription to receive periodic connectivity insights
GSMA Discovery API
GSMA
The Discovery API from Global System for Mobile Communications — 2 operation(s) for discovery.
GSMA Network Quality API
GSMA
Read the network's level of confidence that it can meet the quality thresholds for a given application profile and end user device.
GSMA Send SMS API
GSMA
The Send SMS API from Global System for Mobile Communications — 1 operation(s) for send sms.
GSMA Traffic Influence API Read API
GSMA
Reads existing TrafficInfluence resources
GSMA Traffic Influence API Write API
GSMA
Creates of modifies a TrafficInfluence resource
GSMA API Product Order API
GSMA
Operations for ApiProductOrder Resource
GSMA Application API
GSMA
Operations for Application Resource
GSMA Application Owner API
GSMA
Operations for ApplicationOwner Resource
GSMA Check Subscriber Tenure API
GSMA
Check details about the length of tenure of the subscriber
GSMA Discovery API
GSMA
Find the closest Edge Cloud Zone to the user device.
GSMA events subscription API
GSMA
Endpoints to register and terminate an Event Listener
GSMA Get Device Identifiers API
GSMA
Retrieve details about the device being used by a mobile subscriber
GSMA Monitor API
GSMA
Operations for Monitor Resource
GSMA notification listener API
GSMA
Notifications for Resource Lifecycle and event notifications
GSMA QoS Profiles API
GSMA
Manage QoS Profiles
GSMA Api Product API
GSMA
Operations for ApiProduct Resource
marginalia public API
Polycode
Public read + chat REST API for marginalia, the memory-graph chat agent operated by Polycode Limited. 50 operations under /api: async one...
marginalia A2A Agent
Polycode
Agent2Agent (A2A) surface for marginalia: an agent card served from https://marginalia.polycode.co.uk/.well-known/agent-card.json (protoc...
Ofcom Coverage API
Ofcom
The Coverage API from Ofcom — 1 operation(s) for coverage.
TMT ID Authenticate API
TMT ID
Authenticate user with MNO or OTP. These endpoints can be directly called by the users.
TMT ID HTTP API
TMT ID
The HTTP API API from TMT ID — 3 operation(s) for http api.
TMT ID HTTP API v1.3 API
TMT ID
The HTTP API v1.3 API from TMT ID — 2 operation(s) for http api v1.3.
TMT ID HTTP API v2.0 API
TMT ID
The HTTP API v2.0 API from TMT ID — 3 operation(s) for http api v2.0.
TMT ID Network Biometrics API
TMT ID
The Network Biometrics API from TMT ID — 1 operation(s) for network biometrics.
TMT ID Service API
TMT ID
Service endpoints
TMT ID Standard API Call API
TMT ID
The Standard API Call API from TMT ID — 1 operation(s) for standard api call.
TMT ID v2 (deprecated) API
TMT ID
The v2 (deprecated) API from TMT ID — 2 operation(s) for v2 (deprecated).
GOV.UK Notify Python Client
GOV.UK Notify
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
GOV.UK Notify
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
GOV.UK Notify
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
GOV.UK Notify
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
GOV.UK Notify
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
GOV.UK Notify
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
GOV.UK Notify
Send and retrieve notifications (email, SMS, letters)
GOV.UK Notify Received Text Messages API
GOV.UK Notify
Retrieve inbound text messages
GOV.UK Notify Templates API
GOV.UK Notify
Retrieve and preview notification templates
Liberty Global Applications API
Liberty Global
The Applications API from Liberty Global — 2 operation(s) for applications.
Liberty Global Maintainer API
Liberty Global
The Maintainer API from Liberty Global — 4 operation(s) for maintainer.
Liberty Global STB API
Liberty Global
The STB API from Liberty Global — 2 operation(s) for stb.
Virgin Media O2 Website (WordPress REST)
Virgin Media O2
The public WordPress REST API (wp-json) of the Virgin Media O2 website at news.virginmediao2.co.uk: the route index of the site's content...
Number Verification 2.0 (CAMARA)
Vodafone
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)
Vodafone
Earlier CAMARA Number Verification implementation, still maintained for backwards compatibility with integrations built before the 2.0 re...
SIM Swap (CAMARA)
Vodafone
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)
Vodafone
CAMARA-aligned identity-match API that compares user-supplied attributes (name, address, date of birth) against operator-held subscriber ...
Number Recycling (CAMARA)
Vodafone
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
Vodafone
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
Vodafone
Lists the QoS profiles a developer may request via Quality on Demand, including profile identifiers, throughput class, and latency targets.
QoS Provisioning
Vodafone
Longer-lived QoS provisioning for enterprise customers who want a persistent QoS profile applied to a set of subscriptions. Available in ...
Active Subscriber
Vodafone
Confirms whether an MSISDN is currently an active Vodafone subscriber. Available in UK.
Age Verify
Vodafone
Network-based age-assurance lookup that returns whether the subscriber behind a given MSISDN is above a configured age threshold, without...
Call Divert
Vodafone
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
Vodafone
Returns whether a subscriber is currently on their home network or roaming — useful for fraud-scoring and conditional flows that adjust b...
MVNO Discovery
Vodafone
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
Vodafone
HLR-style lookup returning the operator, country, portability status, and basic line-type metadata for a given E.164 mobile number.
Number Recycle
Vodafone
Vodafone's pre-CAMARA Number Recycling lookup, retained alongside the CAMARA-aligned variant for existing integrations.
Tenure
Vodafone
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
Vodafone
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
Vodafone
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
Vodafone
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
Vodafone Roaming Services Network Usage Event API streams roaming network-usage events to partner operators for settlement, fraud detecti...
Vodafone Analytics — Real-time Footfall
Vodafone
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
Vodafone
Orders historic, aggregated footfall datasets for a defined area and time window. Available in DE and UK.
Vodafone Analytics — Reference QuadKey Helper
Vodafone
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
Vodafone
Free-tier aggregated location dataset for evaluating Vodafone Analytics before committing to paid Footfall products.
Block SIM
Vodafone
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
Vodafone
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
Vodafone
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
BT Group
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
BT Group
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
BT Group
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
BT Group
Place broadband orders from communications-provider systems directly into BT Wholesale's "The Hub" order platform for Broadband One produ...
Quote Management (Ethernet)
BT Group
Create and retrieve quotes for BT Wholesale Ethernet and Optical connectivity products as part of B2B ordering flows.
Address Management API
BT Group
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
BT Group
Book, amend, and cancel engineer appointment slots for wholesale broadband and voice provisioning workflows.
Product and Network Availability API
BT Group
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
BT Group
Wholesale Hosted Centrex / Voice (WHCE) API for managing hosted voice services delivered via BT Wholesale's HubCo platform.
Global Voice Services API
BT Group
Initiate ordering of phone numbers and configuration for BT Global Voice Services consumed by multinational enterprise customers.
IMEI Lookup API
BT Group
Retrieve the IMEI associated with a given MSISDN for device identification, fraud, and entitlement checks.
Home Network API
BT Group
Verify whether a customer's phone is currently connected to EE's mobile network, supporting risk decisioning and step-up authentication.
Rail Insights API
BT Group
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
BT Group
Access insights on footfall activity and visitor catchments across any location in London, derived from anonymised mobile network signals.
Travel Journey API Platform
BT Group
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 107
Payments & Money Movement 106
Financial Technology 105
Financial Services 90
Banking & Open Banking 87
Data & Analytics 59
Insurance 47
Real Estate 45
Education & EdTech 42
Government & Public Sector 42
Healthcare 41
Digital Health & Telehealth 38
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Telecommunications & Connectivity elsewhere
North America 120
Europe 74
Greater China 17
Latin America 17
France & Iberia 16
Japan & Korea 14
India & South Asia 13
Nordics 12
Australia & New Zealand 11
DACH (Germany · Austria · Switzerland) 11
Africa 8
Global / Multi-region 6
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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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