Aduna and US carriers launch fraud-detection APIs for digital business

AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon pool network signals through a single gateway to give businesses real-time fraud intelligence at scale.

By Disrupts Editorial Team Mon, 2 November 2026 AI level 2 of 5

AI level 2 of 5: drafted by our AI editorial assistant from the company's announcement; fact-checked, edited and signed off by Mark Walker, Editorial Director. What the levels mean

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Aduna, the Ericsson-backed telecoms API venture, has announced three fraud-prevention APIs available across the United States in collaboration with AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon. The products, Know Your Customer (KYC), Device Swap, and Call Forwarding Detection, are targeted for release in Q4 2026. Together, they give enterprises a single integration point to tap carrier-grade mobile network intelligence, rather than negotiating separate data arrangements with each operator.

The commercial framing is straightforward: as account takeover fraud, synthetic identities and SIM-swap scams scale alongside digital commerce, businesses need verification signals that sit closer to the network layer than traditional software-based identity checks can reach. By routing those signals through one standardised gateway, Aduna argues it removes both the technical complexity and the commercial friction of multi-carrier data licensing.

From carrier data to enterprise risk infrastructure

The three APIs each target a distinct fraud vector. The KYC API cross-references customer identity information against carrier records, strengthening onboarding and account verification. The Device Swap API flags when a mobile number has recently migrated to a new handset, a common precursor to SIM-swap attacks. Call Forwarding Detection surfaces when call forwarding has been activated on a number, a tactic used to intercept one-time passcodes and authentication calls.

Anthony Bartolo, CEO of Aduna, described the launch as "another major step towards bringing trusted network intelligence to the market at scale," adding that carrier-verified signals help organisations "make smarter risk decisions, reduce fraud and create safer digital experiences." The release points to financial services, fintech, e-commerce, digital marketplaces, healthcare and government services as the primary target verticals.

The underlying technical standard is CAMARA, an open-source API framework driven by the GSMA and the Linux Foundation. That standardisation layer is significant: it means a developer integrating Aduna's KYC API today can theoretically extend the same code to access equivalent signals from Deutsche Telekom, Bharti Airtel, or Singtel, Aduna's other operator partners, without rebuilding the integration from scratch.

Convergence read-across: fintech, digital identity and the telecoms pivot

For the cross-sector strategist, the more interesting story is what this product launch signals about the broader monetisation of telecoms infrastructure. Mobile operators have long sat on extraordinarily rich behavioural data, real-time device location, SIM activity, call routing, but have historically struggled to convert that asset into recurring software revenues. Aduna, structured as a joint venture between Ericsson and a roster of global carriers, represents a deliberate attempt to reposition network operators as infrastructure providers for the digital-identity economy rather than commodity pipe carriers.

That pivot lands directly in a space where fintech and cybersecurity incumbents have invested heavily. Fraud-prevention platforms such as LexisNexis Risk Solutions, BioCatch and Sardine compete on behavioural and synthetic-identity signals; adding carrier-layer telemetry to the stack represents a qualitatively different class of signal that is harder for fraudsters to spoof than device fingerprints or IP reputation scores. Banks and payment processors under pressure from regulators in the UK, EU and US to reduce authorised push payment fraud will be watching whether network-layer APIs can move the needle on fraud rates in production environments.

The capital landscape around digital identity has attracted consistent venture and corporate investment across fintech and cybersecurity verticals. Aduna's structural advantage is that it is not raising venture money to acquire signal, it is the signal, by virtue of its operator ownership. Whether that advantage translates into enterprise adoption at the scale needed to justify the infrastructure investment across twelve global carriers remains the open question for 2027.