CAMARA's third meta-release brings together stable APIs like OTP and Number Verification with new capabilities such as Verified Caller and SIM Swap, helping enterprises build consumer confidence while powering next-generation services with QoS and Edge Discovery.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 7, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- The Linux Foundation's CAMARA project, an open source community addressing telco industry API interoperability, today announces the third meta release of its stable, production-ready Network APIs, marking a major step forward in creating a consistent, interoperable developer experience across mobile and fixed networks worldwide. The release delivers expanded API coverage, hardened security profiles, and a conformance program designed to accelerate operator deployment and partner integration.
The release bundles a curated set of versioned, stable APIs with aligned documentation, test harnesses, and implementation guidance so that developers can build once and deploy with confidence across participating operators and regions.
Initiated in 2021 by a small number of telco operators, vendors and hyperscalers, CAMARA officially launched in February 2022 with 22 initial partners and graduated to a funded model in September 2023, with 250 participating organizations and over 750 contributors. Since then, the project has grown to: 1300+ contributors among 476 organizations, with 45 sandbox API repositories, 15 incubating API repositories, 60 released APIs, and five working groups. This growth rate indicates strong ecosystem support in enabling more accessible and standardized open telco APIs.
"The newest CAMARA release is a key step toward a global, open API ecosystem," said Arpit Joshipura, general manager, Networking, Edge and IoT at the Linux Foundation. "By delivering stable, production-ready APIs alongside new innovations, CAMARA empowers organizations partners to collaborate at scale. This release not only strengthens alignment across the ecosystem, but also accelerates how applications can seamlessly and consistently run across networks worldwide—removing barriers to innovation and enabling faster adoption of new digital services."
"The CAMARA community continues to deliver on its promise of building a truly open, global API ecosystem," said Nathan Rader, Governing Board Chair of CAMARA and VP of Capability and Exposure at Deutsche Telekom. "With this latest meta release, we're not only advancing the maturity and stability of our APIs, but also strengthening alignment with global initiatives like GSMA Open Gateway and TM Forum. This progress reflects the dedication of our contributors and partners to ensure developers, operators, and enterprises alike benefit from consistent, interoperable access to network capabilities worldwide."
With the meta-release Fall25, CAMARA now has 60 total APIs: 10 stable, 27 updated since the Spring25 meta-release, and 23 new initial APIs. The APIs included in the release represent a consistent set of aligned, quality APIs that have met rigorous release management and design guidelines. APIs included in the release represent a foundation for CAMARA APIs moving forward (both this in development and those in production). The community is committed to delivering twice-yearly updates to vetted APIs so network operators can plan deployments within their networks. Additionally, API users can be confident in getting the latest and most stable versions from their network operators and API providers.
What Enterprises Can Do with CAMARA APIs
The latest release of new, updated, and stable CAMARA APIs provides organizations with powerful, network-level capabilities to deliver new services, improve customer trust, and optimize operations.
10 Stable, Implementation-Ready APIs
27 Updated APIs
23 Initial Versions of New APIs
In short, CAMARA APIs give enterprises standardized, telco-grade building blocks to embed trust, security, performance, and compliance directly into their applications—across any participating operator's network.
Webinar
Dive deep into the latest release in CAMARA's upcoming webinar, "From Code to Connectivity: Exploring CAMARA's Fall Meta Release," happening 9 October at 10:00 am EST / 14:00 UTC / 16:00 CEST. Hear directly from CAMARA Governing Board members and technical community leaders, Herbert Damker of Deutsche Telekom; Tanja de Groot of Nokia; and Johanna Wood of Vodafone. Details and registration here.
Why It Matters
CAMARA replaces fragmented, operator-specific approaches with a predictable, interoperable fabric for Network APIs—aligning semantics, security, and conformance so developers get consistent, user-friendly access to network capabilities. It also unlocks new collaboration opportunities across the value chain—between network operators, marketplaces, aggregators, and API customers—creating a scalable route to market. A critical success factor is CAMARA's established alignment with GSMA Open Gateway and TM Forum in creating an open, global, accessible API ecosystem. For customers and developers, the result is build-once, deploy-everywhere portability across networks and countries—reducing rework, preventing fragmentation, and accelerating the rollout and broad adoption of new, network-powered features and capabilities.
To learn more about all CAMARA's growing list of API families as well as specific APIs, please visit https://camaraproject.org/api-overview/.
CAMARA across the globe
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CAMARA project invites all interested parties to help build the best APIs for all telecom customers by joining as a Premium sponsor, General sponsor, associating organization, participating organization, or individual. More details on the project, as well as how to join, are available at https://camaraproject.org/.
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