Aduna and Bridge Alliance partner to accelerate access to network APIs
Rhea-AI Summary
Aduna, a venture between major telecom operators and Ericsson (ERIC), has announced a partnership with Bridge Alliance to accelerate the adoption of CAMARA-based network APIs. The collaboration, announced on March 1, 2025, will enable enterprise customers of Bridge Alliance members to access Aduna's global reach and growing mobile operator ecosystem.
The partnership will allow Aduna's developer platform partners, including Google Cloud, InfoBip, Sinch, and Vonage, to gain direct access to Bridge Alliance partner networks. Launched in September 2024, Aduna aims to provide developers with ubiquitous access to open, programmable network functionality through common APIs, enabling innovation at hyperscale.
Both organizations will collaborate on global standardization efforts, including GSMA Open Gateway, CAMARA, and TMF, to drive new opportunities in the telecom industry through easily accessible advanced network capabilities.
Positive
- Strategic partnership expands global market reach
- Access to new monetization opportunities through API ecosystem
- Partnership with major tech companies (Google Cloud, InfoBip, Sinch, Vonage)
- Potential for increased revenue through broader API adoption
Negative
- Early-stage venture with unproven revenue model
- Dependent on successful integration with multiple network operators
Insights
Ericsson's strategic investment in Aduna is gaining momentum with this Bridge Alliance partnership, representing a calculated move to capitalize on the rapidly evolving network API ecosystem. The deal significantly expands Aduna's market reach by integrating with Bridge Alliance's extensive telecom operator network, creating a potentially lucrative two-sided marketplace connecting developers and telecom operators.
This partnership addresses a critical challenge in the telecom industry: monetizing network infrastructure beyond traditional connectivity services. By standardizing network APIs across multiple carriers, Ericsson is positioning itself at the center of an emerging value chain that could generate substantial recurring revenue streams.
While financial terms weren't disclosed, this deal's strategic value lies in its ecosystem expansion and network effects. As Aduna increases its operator coverage through partnerships like this, it becomes increasingly valuable to developers, creating a virtuous cycle that could accelerate adoption and revenue generation. For Ericsson shareholders, this represents progress in the company's diversification strategy beyond equipment sales into higher-margin software and platform services.
This partnership represents a significant technological consolidation play in the fragmented telecom API landscape. By aligning with Bridge Alliance, Aduna is tackling the fundamental interoperability challenges that have historically prevented developers from easily accessing telco network capabilities at scale.
The strategic importance lies in the standardization efforts mentioned - GSMA Open Gateway, CAMARA, and TMF - which aim to create uniform interfaces for accessing network capabilities. This standardization is important because it lowers barriers to entry for developers while maintaining telecom operators' control over their network assets.
The inclusion of major cloud and communication platforms like Google Cloud, InfoBip, Sinch, and Vonage as Aduna partners indicates strong industry buy-in. These companies represent massive developer ecosystems that can now potentially build applications leveraging telecom network capabilities more easily.
For Ericsson, this positions them advantageously in the emerging platform economy for telecom services, moving beyond hardware and traditional services into becoming a critical middleware provider. This evolution is essential as networks become increasingly software-defined and programmable, creating new avenues for value creation beyond traditional connectivity services.
The partnership with Bridge Alliance marks another first for Aduna by expanding its global ecosystem through partner program agreements. As growing numbers of Bridge Alliance members embrace network APIs, the new agreement will form the basis for Aduna to work with Bridge Alliance members.
In return, enterprise customers of Bridge Alliance members working with Aduna will be able to tap the benefits of Aduna's global reach and rapidly growing mobile operator ecosystem. Aduna developer platform partners - including Google Cloud, InfoBip, Sinch and Vonage - will enjoy direct access to Bridge Alliance partner networks working with Aduna.
The new partnership will build on Aduna's rapid momentum to drive and deliver true global scale in the network API ecosystem for developers and enterprises. In addition to vastly increasing the market reach for developers already working with Bridge Alliance - and adding substantial numbers to Aduna's global developer ecosystem - the new partnership will also increase market reach for the millions of developers already in the Aduna ecosystem.
Dr. Ong Geok Chwee, CEO, Bridge Alliance, says: "This collaboration demonstrates the spirit of partnership that Bridge Alliance stands for. Together with Aduna, we are enabling a broader ecosystem of APIs. Enterprise customers will be able to consume telco APIs for their regional business with ease. More importantly, all parties benefit from our streamlined technical and commercial framework when working with network APIs."
Anthony Bartolo, CEO, Aduna, says: "Aduna is at the forefront of changing the mobile connectivity industry and creating new monetization opportunities. Providing developers with ubiquitous access to open, programmable network functionality through common APIs will empower them to innovate at hyperscale. This partnership with Bridge Alliance accelerates Aduna's aims by offering telecom operators and developers unparalleled access to harmonized network APIs across partners' networks, while offering all Bridge Alliance members access to network APIs across Aduna global partner network."
Launched in September 2024, Aduna combines and sells network APIs globally, with a vision that new applications will work anywhere, and on any network, paving the way for developers to innovate much more quickly and easily. Aduna's partners already span significant coverage across mobile network markets globally.
Aduna and Bridge Alliance will also join forces in support of critical global standardization efforts (such as GSMA Open Gateway, CAMARA and TMF).
Network APIs are key to driving a new era of opportunity in the telecom industry. Easily accessible advanced network capabilities are empowering developers to create new use cases across multiple sectors.
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About Aduna
Aduna is a landmark venture between some of the world's leading telecom operators and Ericsson, dedicated to enabling developers worldwide to accelerate innovation by leveraging networks to their full potential via common network Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). Its venture partners include: América Móvil, AT&T, Bharti Airtel, Deutsche Telekom, KDDI, Orange, Reliance Jio, Singtel, Telefonica, Telstra, T-Mobile, Verizon and Vodafone. Aduna's developer partner platforms include Google Cloud, Infobip, Sinch and Vonage. By combining network APIs from multiple operators globally under a unified platform based on the CAMARA open-source project, driven by the GSMA and the Linux Foundation, Aduna provides a standardized platform to foster collaboration, enhance user experiences, and drive industry growth.
About Bridge Alliance
Bridge Alliance, the leading mobile alliance for premier operators and their customers in Asia Pacific, Europe, Middle East and Africa, celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2024. Our alliance today covers 35 members who serve over 1 billion customers collectively across these regions. Our goal is to build group capabilities and create value for our members by enabling compelling roaming services and experience, offering multi-market enterprise and IoT solutions, and delivering savings and benefits through leveraging group economies.
Bridge Alliance's members and partners include: Airtel (
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