CAMARA is an open-source Linux Foundation project developing standardized, open, and globally-available telecom APIs as part of the Telco Global API Alliance. Founded and supported by AT&T, Deutsche Telekom, Ericsson, Google Cloud, Microsoft, Nokia, Telefonica, Vodafone, GSMA, and many others, CAMARA defines consistent, operator-agnostic network capability APIs so developers can access programmable network services such as quality-on-demand, device location, SIM swap, number verification, and edge cloud across multiple carriers through a single, unified, standard API surface.
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- Type: Standard
- Position: Provider
- Access: Open
- Telecom, Network APIs, Standards, Linux Foundation, Open Gateway, GSMA, Connectivity, 5G
- Created: 2026-03-16
- Modified: 2026-04-23
The Quality On Demand (QoD) API allows applications to request on-demand, bounded-duration, guaranteed-quality network sessions for specific device flows (latency, throughput, priority class). Developers can set QoS profiles, receive events on session state changes, and manage sessions without dealing with operator-specific signalling.
Human URL: https://github.com/camaraproject/QualityOnDemand
- Quality of Service, Network, QoD, 5G
Provides location-verification, location-retrieval, and geofencing subscription endpoints allowing applications to confirm whether a mobile device is in a specified area, to retrieve the last known area the device connected from, and to receive asynchronous notifications when a device enters or leaves a geofenced region — all using operator network data rather than handset GPS.
Human URL: https://github.com/camaraproject/DeviceLocation
- Location, Geofencing, Network
Silent, cryptographically strong verification that the mobile number a user claims to own is actually the number of the SIM attached to the device making the request. Replaces SMS one-time-password flows with an operator-authenticated check over the data connection, reducing fraud and user friction in onboarding and login.
Human URL: https://github.com/camaraproject/NumberVerification
- Identity, Authentication, Anti-Fraud, MSISDN
Detects whether the SIM attached to a given mobile number has recently been changed. Used by banks, crypto platforms, and other high-assurance services to mitigate SIM-swap account-takeover attacks before sending SMS OTPs or authorizing high-risk transactions.
Human URL: https://github.com/camaraproject/SimSwap
- Anti-Fraud, Identity, Security, SIM
Provides queries and event subscriptions about a mobile device's connectivity status (reachable, connected, roaming) so applications can adapt behaviour, trigger retries, or switch channels based on real-time network reachability.
Human URL: https://github.com/camaraproject/DeviceStatus
- Connectivity, Roaming, Events
Returns the closest Mobile Edge Cloud (MEC) endpoint for a given device based on operator network topology, allowing edge-native applications to connect to the lowest-latency edge zone without embedding operator-specific logic.
Human URL: https://github.com/camaraproject/SimpleEdgeDiscovery
- Edge, MEC, Latency
Lifecycle APIs for deploying, managing, and terminating edge-native application instances across operator Mobile Edge Cloud infrastructure, enabling developers to place workloads close to end users without operator lock-in.
Human URL: https://github.com/camaraproject/EdgeApplicationManagement
- Edge, MEC, Deployment
Returns a privacy-preserving identifier for a device associated with a network-attached session, enabling correlation and authentication flows while minimising exposure of raw MSISDNs or IMEIs.
Human URL: https://github.com/camaraproject/DeviceIdentifier
- Identity, Privacy
Extends Quality On Demand semantics to fixed-line / home broadband devices, allowing applications to request guaranteed bandwidth or low-latency sessions for devices attached to a home gateway.
Human URL: https://github.com/camaraproject/HomeDevicesQoD
- Broadband, Home, QoS
Exposes network insight data such as historical and real-time network quality, congestion, and throughput characteristics for a subscriber context, letting applications tune streaming, uploads, and sync behaviour to current network conditions.
Human URL: https://github.com/camaraproject/ConnectivityInsights
- Analytics, Quality of Service, Observability
Shared authorization and consent model across CAMARA APIs, built on OAuth 2.0 / OpenID Connect Client-Initiated Backchannel Authentication (CIBA) so subscribers explicitly consent to application use of network capabilities such as location, SIM-swap, or QoD on their behalf.
Human URL: https://github.com/camaraproject/IdentityAndConsentManagement
- OAuth, CIBA, Consent, Identity
- Anti-fraud and account-takeover defence using SIM Swap and Number Verification signals before authorizing high-value transactions.
- Passwordless mobile onboarding where the carrier silently confirms the user owns the number tied to the data session.
- Location-aware services that verify a device is inside a region using network-derived location instead of potentially spoofed handset GPS.
- Adaptive streaming, cloud gaming, and real-time video that request Quality-on-Demand sessions during live events.
- Field operations and logistics apps that receive geofence notifications when vehicles, drones, or devices enter or leave operational areas.
- Edge-native workloads (AR/VR, robotics, connected vehicles) that discover and deploy to the closest operator edge zone for minimal round-trip latency.
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