Vodafone and Nokia Expand Partnership to Tackle Fraud across Europe

Vodafone and Nokia have joined forces to harness the power of 5G for app developers, making it easy to build smarter, safer apps that fight fraud, enhance identity verification and boost security. This means better, safer online experiences for end users when they are shopping, banking and using digital services.

Starting in April 2026, Nokia will include Vodafone’s Network APIs within its anti-fraud and authentication products, with the portfolio evolving to incorporate differentiated connectivity as the partnership progresses. These tools will be accessible via Nokia’s Network as Code (NaC) platform, extending their availability to app developers serving businesses, public sector organisations and consumers.

Johanna Wood, Vodafone’s Director of Network APIs, said: “As Vodafone’s Network APIs reach more developers, users’ mobile experiences become safer. Working together with Nokia, we will give developers worldwide the resources they need to help businesses combat fraud and provide enhanced digital experiences for their customers.”

Shkumbin Hamiti, VP of Network Monetization Platform at Nokia, said: “Through Nokia’s Network as Code platform, we are bringing together global operator capabilities so developers can innovate faster and with greater consistency. Partnering with Vodafone significantly expands the reach and impact of high-value network APIs that enable more secure and seamless digital services.”

Nokia’s network API strategy centres around connecting multiple API ecosystems through its NAC platform, which already connects more than 70 ecosystem partners. It offers operators a range of integration and enablement options with robust multi-tier API security, and gives developers simplified access to network functionalities.

Nokia’s NaC platform will expand access to Vodafone’s Network APIs for developers, supporting their commercial adoption and monetisation while growing the ecosystem comprising developers, aggregators, and operators. By using Vodafone’s 4G and 5G networks, the companies will simplify and reduce the cost of adapting apps for different countries without the need for separate versions.

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Vodafone’s growing range of network APIs include identity and anti-fraud functions like age checks, information verification, and active phone number confirmation that can be customised and added to developer’s own business apps using standard software tools and languages.

Built on the latest open-source CAMARA standards, the APIs comply with privacy and regulatory requirements and seamlessly work with modern mobile networks. This supports the growth of safer online environments and helps combat increasingly sophisticated cyber fraud - one of the fastest growing digital threats faced by consumers and businesses.

For more information on Vodafone Network APIs, please visit the Vodafone stand (Hall 3, stand 3E11) at Mobile World Congress (MWC26), 2-5 March 2026.

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