Recently, China Unicom's OTPContationAPI, developed and opened based on the OpenGateway specification, has successfully passed all the test requirements formulated by the GSMAopen Gateway technical group. China Unicom became the first Chinese operator in OpenGateway to pass the test.
OpenGateway is an industry-wide initiative driven by the GSMA. At the recent MWC2024, GSMA presented the significant progress made by OpenGateway in promoting the commercialization of network APIs. Currently, 47 mobile operator groups, representing 239 mobile networks and representing 65 global connections, have joined the program. GSMAopenGateway is committed to accelerating the development of digital services and applications, ensuring seamless integration with hundreds of participating networks around the world. China Unicom announced its participation in the GSMAOPEN Gateway initiative and signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in June 2023 on the eve of the opening of MWC Shanghai. Since joining, China Unicom has been active in the working groups of GSMAOPEN Gateway and the Camara community, and the two APIs led by Networkslice Booking and DeviceVisit Location have been successfully established in Camara.
China Unicom's successful OTPVALIDATION API is based on China Unicom's SMS gateway to provide SMS verification code sending capabilities, which is suitable for scenarios such as user registration, login, and transaction authentication. This capability was developed by China Unicom's Intelligent Network Innovation Center in accordance with the interface specifications provided by the GSMA technical group, and was opened to the public through China Unicom's OpenGateway capability exposure gateway, and has recently successfully passed the GSMA technical test.
China Unicom actively participates in the OpenGateway program, and provides productized services by opening up operators' unique data and service network capabilities through the OpenGateway capability opening gateway. At present, based on the OpenGateway plan, China Unicom has built two internal and external-oriented capability opening systems, and has carried out a lot of exploration and practice, which is expected to lead the development of the communication capability open industry. (Author: Li Hongping).