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Whitepaper Nº10·Core & Security·June 2026

Network APIs: The Plumbing, the Promise, and the P&L

How 3GPP exposure, CAMARA APIs and GSMA Open Gateway turn network capabilities into a billable business.

Network APIs: The Plumbing, the Promise, and the P&L — whitepaper cover

Abstract

The paper walks the three layers that made network APIs sellable: 3GPP exposure plumbing, CAMARA's intent APIs (60 released, 10 stable), and the commercial layer — GSMA Open Gateway at 86 operator groups plus aggregators like Aduna — then examines the revenue forecasts.

Headline finding

94% of 2024 network-API revenue was China (per the paper)

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