aid: telefonica name: Telefónica description: >- Telefónica is one of the world's leading telecommunications companies, operating in Europe and Latin America. Through its Open Gateway initiative, Telefónica exposes standardized network capabilities as APIs following the CAMARA (Cloud and Edge for Mobile Access and Real-time Execution) open standards developed by the GSMA. The Open Gateway APIs enable developers and enterprises to build applications leveraging Telefónica's network infrastructure for authentication, fraud prevention, location services, quality of service, and device management. APIs are available in Spain, Germany, Brazil, and the United Kingdom through the Telefónica Open Gateway sandbox and partner program. type: Index image: https://kinlane-productions.s3.amazonaws.com/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg tags: - Telecommunications - Mobile Network - CAMARA - Open Gateway - Authentication - Fraud Prevention - Location Services url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/telefonica/refs/heads/main/apis.yml created: '2025-03-01' modified: '2026-05-03' specificationVersion: '0.19' apis: - aid: telefonica:number-verification-api name: Telefónica Number Verification API description: >- The Number Verification API enables automatic verification that users are interacting via devices with SIM cards associated with their phone numbers, eliminating the need for credential entry or one-time passwords. Uses carrier network data to verify the mobile number associated with the device's active data connection. Available in Spain, Germany, and Brazil. humanURL: https://opengateway.telefonica.com/en/apis/number-verification baseURL: https://opengateway.telefonica.com tags: - Authentication - Number Verification - Fraud Prevention - Mobile Identity - SIM properties: - type: Documentation url: https://developers.opengateway.telefonica.com/docs/numberverification - type: OpenAPI url: openapi/telefonica-number-verification-openapi.yml - type: JSONSchema url: json-schema/telefonica-device-schema.json - type: GitHub url: https://github.com/Telefonica/opengateway-developers-website - aid: telefonica:sim-swap-api name: Telefónica SIM Swap API description: >- The SIM Swap API enables applications to detect recent SIM card swaps on a mobile number, a common indicator of account takeover fraud. Returns whether a SIM swap occurred on the mobile line and when the last swap happened. Based on CAMARA open standards. Available in Spain, Germany, Brazil, and the United Kingdom. humanURL: https://opengateway.telefonica.com/en/apis/sim-swap baseURL: https://opengateway.telefonica.com tags: - Authentication - Fraud Prevention - SIM Swap - Mobile Security properties: - type: Documentation url: https://developers.opengateway.telefonica.com/docs/simswap - type: OpenAPI url: openapi/telefonica-sim-swap-openapi.yml - type: JSONSchema url: json-schema/telefonica-device-schema.json - type: GitHub url: https://github.com/Telefonica/opengateway-samples-simswap - aid: telefonica:kyc-match-api name: Telefónica Know Your Customer Match API description: >- The KYC Match API validates a user's contact information (name, address, phone number, email) against reliable mobile carrier data, enabling quick identity verification without sharing personal data. Used for e-commerce, financial services, and insurance KYC compliance. Available in Spain, Germany, Brazil, and the United Kingdom. humanURL: https://opengateway.telefonica.com/en/apis/kyc-match baseURL: https://opengateway.telefonica.com tags: - Authentication - Fraud Prevention - KYC - Identity Verification - Financial Services properties: - type: Documentation url: https://opengateway.telefonica.com/en/apis/kyc-match - type: OpenAPI url: openapi/telefonica-kyc-match-openapi.yml - aid: telefonica:location-verification-api name: Telefónica Location Verification API description: >- The Location Verification API verifies the geographical location of a SIM-based device, confirming whether the device is present within a requested geographic area. Uses network data rather than GPS to verify location without privacy risks. Available in Spain, Germany, and Brazil. humanURL: https://opengateway.telefonica.com/en/apis/location-verification baseURL: https://opengateway.telefonica.com tags: - Location Services - Device Location - Fraud Prevention - Mobile Network properties: - type: Documentation url: https://opengateway.telefonica.com/en/apis/location-verification - type: OpenAPI url: openapi/telefonica-location-verification-openapi.yml - aid: telefonica:quality-on-demand-api name: Telefónica Quality on Demand API description: >- The Quality on Demand (QoD) API provides applications with precise control over mobile network connectivity quality, enabling guaranteed bandwidth and low latency for specific application flows. Used for real-time communications, streaming, industrial IoT, and gaming. Available in Spain, Germany, and Brazil. humanURL: https://opengateway.telefonica.com/en/apis/quality-on-demand baseURL: https://opengateway.telefonica.com tags: - Quality of Service - Mobile Network - IoT - Network Slicing - Communication Quality properties: - type: Documentation url: https://opengateway.telefonica.com/en/apis/quality-on-demand - type: OpenAPI url: openapi/telefonica-quality-on-demand-openapi.yml - type: JSONSchema url: json-schema/telefonica-qod-session-schema.json - aid: telefonica:device-roaming-status-api name: Telefónica Device Roaming Status API description: >- The Device Roaming Status API verifies the roaming status of a SIM-based device securely using carrier network data, without relying on GPS or identity theft risks. Enables fraud detection, access control, and compliance for applications requiring location awareness. Available in Spain and Brazil. humanURL: https://opengateway.telefonica.com/en/apis/device-roaming-status baseURL: https://opengateway.telefonica.com tags: - Roaming - Device Status - Fraud Prevention - Mobile Network properties: - type: Documentation url: https://opengateway.telefonica.com/en/apis/device-roaming-status - type: OpenAPI url: openapi/telefonica-device-roaming-openapi.yml - aid: telefonica:scam-signal-api name: Telefónica Scam Signal API description: >- The Scam Signal API enables companies to protect their customers from phishing scams and voice fraud by detecting active scam calls in real time using Telefónica's network intelligence. Available in Spain. humanURL: https://opengateway.telefonica.com/en/apis/scam-signal baseURL: https://opengateway.telefonica.com tags: - Fraud Prevention - Scam Detection - Phishing - Voice Fraud - Security properties: - type: Documentation url: https://opengateway.telefonica.com/en/apis/scam-signal - aid: telefonica:age-verification-api name: Telefónica Age Verification API description: >- The Age Verification API allows companies to confirm in real time whether a mobile user meets a specified age threshold, using carrier data for privacy-preserving age checks without sharing personal data. Available in the United Kingdom. humanURL: https://opengateway.telefonica.com/en/apis/age-verification baseURL: https://opengateway.telefonica.com tags: - Age Verification - Compliance - E-Commerce - Media - Privacy properties: - type: Documentation url: https://opengateway.telefonica.com/en/apis/age-verification - aid: telefonica:line-tenure-api name: Telefónica Line Tenure API description: >- The Line Tenure API indicates how long a mobile number has belonged to its current user, providing a fraud risk signal for identity validation and account security workflows. Available in Spain, Brazil, and the United Kingdom. humanURL: https://opengateway.telefonica.com/en/apis/line-tenure baseURL: https://opengateway.telefonica.com tags: - Fraud Prevention - Identity Verification - Financial Services - Mobile Security properties: - type: Documentation url: https://opengateway.telefonica.com/en/apis/line-tenure - aid: telefonica:population-density-data-api name: Telefónica Population Density Data API description: >- The Population Density Data API provides dynamic real-time data on population density in a specific geographic area and time window, derived from anonymized and aggregated mobile network data. Used for transport planning, event management, and retail analytics. Available in Spain. humanURL: https://opengateway.telefonica.com/en/apis/population-density-data baseURL: https://opengateway.telefonica.com tags: - Location Services - Population Data - Analytics - Transport - Smart City properties: - type: Documentation url: https://opengateway.telefonica.com/en/apis/population-density-data common: - url: https://opengateway.telefonica.com/en name: Telefónica Open Gateway type: Website description: Telefónica Open Gateway developer portal. - url: https://opengateway.telefonica.com/en/developer-hub name: Telefónica Open Gateway Developer Hub type: DeveloperPortal description: Developer Hub for testing Telefónica Open Gateway APIs in sandbox. - url: https://developers.opengateway.telefonica.com/docs/initiative name: Open Gateway Initiative Documentation type: Documentation description: Technical documentation for the Telefónica Open Gateway initiative. - url: https://github.com/Telefonica name: Telefónica GitHub type: GitHub description: Telefónica official GitHub organization. - url: https://github.com/camaraproject name: CAMARA Project GitHub type: GitHub description: GSMA CAMARA project - open standards for telco network APIs. - url: https://opengateway.telefonica.com/en/apis name: Telefónica Open Gateway APIs type: APIs description: Complete list of available Telefónica Open Gateway APIs. - url: https://opengateway.telefonica.com/en/developer-hub/join name: Join Telefónica Developer Hub type: Signup description: Registration for the Telefónica Open Gateway Developer Hub. - url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/telefonica name: Telefónica on LinkedIn type: LinkedIn description: Telefónica LinkedIn company page. - url: https://x.com/Telefonica name: Telefónica on X type: X description: Telefónica on X (formerly Twitter). maintainers: - FN: Kin Lane email: kin@apievangelist.com