Vonage announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Telstra to explore ways to accelerate digital transformation with the power of network Application Programming Interfaces (APIs). Vonage?s signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Telstra. The non-exclusive agreement introduces Telstra?s network APIs to the Vonage platform, giving enterprises and developers the opportunity to leverage network capabilities to create innovative, advanced applications and to enhance the customer experience.

The partnership complements Telstra?s T25 ambition to grow and extend its API leadership position, while opening up new opportunities for Vonage in the wider Asia Pacific region. Network APIs are key to uncovering new capabilities for use by developers from within the 5G network that have never before been exposed and made available in an easy, consumable way. Vonage and Telstra will collaborate on and continue investing in enhancing existing APIs, such as Silent Authentication ?

a new verification method that provides secure authentication without requiring users to input passwords or verification information. Telstra and Vonage will also work together to identify newopen APIs to bring to market such as slicing, edge computing, fraud and spam protections, and network analytical insights, while exploring the integration of Telstra?s APIs with Vonage?s API platform.