1、How identity is driving the market for network APIsSeptember 2025 inform.tmforum.orgAuthor:Ed Finegold,Contributing AnalystEditors:Dawn Bushaus,Contributing Editor Ian Kemp,Managing EditorContents3 The big picture7 Section 1:What are network APIs?12 Section 2:Financial crime drives demand for identi

2、ty management17 Section 3:Network APIs for financial services 24 Section 4:Make it happen strategies for network API success 27 Additional resourcesWe hope you enjoy the report and,most importantly,fjnd ways to use the ideas,concepts and recommendations detailed within.You can send your feedback to

3、the editorial team at TM Forum via editortmforum.orgThe big picture3inform.tmforum.orgSuch uses cases emphasize mobile network data like location,user identity and device status over connectivity,though connectivity remains the primary revenue generator for most network API businesses today.The lead

4、ing example of demand for mobile network,data-centric services delivered via API today is in the finance sector,where digitalization,regulation and fintech evolution is happening via mobile devices in the face of increasing fraud and financial crimes.To be competitive in a cloud-dominated market,net

5、work operators now widely recognize the need to give developers one set of APIs to access the services they need.Exposing a common API layer that aggregates multiple operators network capabilities can allow developers to use network APIs and the capabilities behind them the same way they do any othe

6、r API-exposed services such as storage,compute or AI.At the root of telcos focus on network APIs is the pressing need to find new,growing sources of revenue.Although communications service providers(CSPs)historically have earned most of their revenues from B2C services,B2B segments are anticipated t