Philippine telco Globe Telecom announced on Monday that it’s collaborating with Nokia to expose its network APIs to provide banks and other enterprises with enhanced security.
Specifically, Globe is testing Nokia’s Network Exposure Platform solution, which expands and simplifies the number of APIs available to Globe, its enterprise partners and developers to create security-focused applications using deep network data.
Joel Agustin, Globe’s head of service planning and engineering, said the collaboration is focused on banking and financial services customers due to the increased need for security as cyberattacks on such services are escalating in the Philippines.
“We are now at the stage of testing how Nokia’s NEP can support our customers in the banking and enterprise sectors with security verification tools to prevent fraudulent transactions,” Agustin said in a statement.
Nokia’s NEP is based on the GSMA Operator Platform, which standardises a common platform that exposes operator capabilities to developers. Globe joined the GSMA’s Open Gateway Initiative for standardised open network APIs in June 2024.
Nokia said the NEP complements and integrates with its Network as Code platform and developer portal, which aligns with the GSMA Open Gateway aggregator concept and provides a cloud-based platform to connect and monetise service provider networks with app developers.
Nokia also said its Network as Code ecosystem – launched in September 2023 – now includes 48 partners, including BT, Orange, StarHub, Telefonica and Telecom Argentina.
“Nokia NEP will help Globe Telecom organize, control, and secure the way its network is integrated into developer ecosystems and platforms, ensuring choice, flexibility, and security in creating new application use cases,” said Shkumbin Hamiti, head of network monetization platform, cloud and network services at Nokia.