{"id":47999,"date":"2026-02-03T15:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T15:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/?p=47999"},"modified":"2026-02-03T20:05:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T20:05:44","slug":"open-gateway-colombia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/open-gateway-colombia\/","title":{"rendered":"Colombian operators join GSMA Open Gateway with two digital solutions to combat online fraud"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Claro, Movistar and Tigo launch user identity verification tools to simplify the development of more secure mobile applications.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>3 February 2026, Bogota<\/strong>: Colombia joins GSMA Open Gateway, the global initiative that brings together the mobile industry to accelerate the creation of digital applications and services. At an event convened by the GSMA, the association leading the project, the corporate business divisions of Claro, Movistar and Tigo presented their first two solutions developed under the initiative: SIM Swap and Number Verification.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/solutions-and-impact\/gsma-open-gateway\/\">GSMA Open Gateway<\/a> is a standard through which mobile operators provide developers access to a range of network functions used to create applications and services. By bringing together operators from around the world, the initiative facilitates the design of digital products that can function seamlessly across all devices, regardless of country or operator. This is achieved through unique access points, known as Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), which serve as gateways to information about network capabilities. These APIs are available through the <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/camaraproject\">CAMARA<\/a> repository, an open-source project led by GSMA and the Linux Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In line with the global trend, the first two APIs developed in Colombia focus on digital security. The <strong>SIM Swap API<\/strong> makes it possible to detect recent changes to the SIM card associated with a mobile number, while <strong>Number Verification<\/strong> confirms that a phone number is effectively linked to the device from which the connection is made. By revealing key information in real time, without the need for additional steps such as SMS, these APIs help detect and prevent fraud in financial transactions. As a result, banks, fintechs and insurance companies are among the first potential customers for this new line of business for telecom operators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<em>For Claro, supporting the digital transformation of businesses in the country is fundamental. The GSMA Open Gateway initiative drives innovation on solid foundations and simplifies processes in a unified way for our customers<\/em>,\u201d said Mar\u00eda Luisa Escolar, Executive Director of the Corporate Market Unit, Claro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<em>GSMA Open Gateway marks a milestone for innovation in Colombia. By opening advanced network capabilities through standardized APIs, it enables companies to integrate functions such as identity verification and real-time fraud prevention, strengthening digital security. For Movistar Empresas, it is a key platform to accelerate digital transformation and create new opportunities with sectors such as banking, commerce and fintech<\/em>,\u201d said Danghelly Rodr\u00edguez, B2B Marketing Director, Telef\u00f3nica Movistar Colombia<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<em>This is a turning point for Colombia: when the industry aligns with global standards, innovation stops being fragmented and becomes scalable. At Tigo Business, we put network capabilities in the hands of enterprises and developers to simplify integrations and strengthen their verification and fraud prevention processes, accelerating the digital economy on an increasingly robust foundation<\/em>,\u201d said Paulo Alejandro Franco Agudelo, Director of B2B Product Management, Tigo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201c<em>APIs have been around in our industry for years, but in a fragmented way. The innovative factor of GSMA Open Gateway is bringing the industry together to offer APIs in a standardized, global manner. That scale enables developers to accelerate the creation and commercialization of applications across multiple markets, while delivering more secure, seamless and simple user experiences<\/em>,\u201d emphasized Alejandro Adamowicz, Director of Technology and Strategic Engagement for Latin America, GSMA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since its launch at MWC Barcelona 2023, more than 80 operator groups, representing over 80% of mobile connections worldwide, have already joined GSMA Open Gateway, alongside the world\u2019s leading technology companies. In Latin America, Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Mexico, Paraguay and Peru have already introduced their first APIs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Media contacts<\/strong><br>GSMA Press Office<br><a href=\"mailto:pressoffice@gsma.com\">pressoffice@gsma.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Claro, Movistar and Tigo launch user identity verification tools to simplify the development of more secure mobile applications. 3 February 2026, Bogota: Colombia joins GSMA Open Gateway, the global initiative that brings together the mobile industry to accelerate the creation of digital applications and services. At an event convened by the GSMA, the association leading [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":37,"featured_media":48019,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[13592,13635],"tags":[13840,13759],"algolia_discover_type":[],"class_list":["post-47999","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-colombia","category-gsma-open-gateway","tag-colombia","tag-gsma-open-gateway-3"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v24.3 (Yoast SEO v27.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Operadoras de Colombia se unen en GSMA Open Gateway<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Claro, Movistar y Tigo lanzan GSMA Open Gateway en Colombia con dos herramientas de verificaci\u00f3n de identidad de usuarios.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/open-gateway-colombia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Operadoras de Colombia se unen en GSMA Open Gateway\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Claro, Movistar y Tigo lanzan GSMA Open Gateway en Colombia con dos herramientas de verificaci\u00f3n de identidad de usuarios.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/open-gateway-colombia\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"GSMA Latin America\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-02-03T15:30:00+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-02-03T20:05:44+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Open_Gateway_Colombia_600_300.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"600\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"300\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Florencia\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@gsma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@gsma\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Florencia\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Operadoras de Colombia se unen en GSMA Open Gateway","description":"Claro, Movistar y Tigo lanzan GSMA Open Gateway en Colombia con dos herramientas de verificaci\u00f3n de identidad de usuarios.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/open-gateway-colombia\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Operadoras de Colombia se unen en GSMA Open Gateway","og_description":"Claro, Movistar y Tigo lanzan GSMA Open Gateway en Colombia con dos herramientas de verificaci\u00f3n de identidad de usuarios.","og_url":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/open-gateway-colombia\/","og_site_name":"GSMA Latin America","article_published_time":"2026-02-03T15:30:00+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-02-03T20:05:44+00:00","og_image":[{"width":600,"height":300,"url":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Open_Gateway_Colombia_600_300.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Florencia","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@gsma","twitter_site":"@gsma","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Florencia","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/open-gateway-colombia\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/open-gateway-colombia\/"},"author":{"name":"Florencia","@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america\/#\/schema\/person\/a3d95fd8942074049aa1d2c2415f823c"},"headline":"Colombian operators join GSMA Open Gateway with two digital solutions to combat online fraud","datePublished":"2026-02-03T15:30:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-03T20:05:44+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/open-gateway-colombia\/"},"wordCount":600,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/open-gateway-colombia\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Open_Gateway_Colombia_600_300.png","keywords":["Colombia","GSMA Open Gateway"],"articleSection":["Colombia","GSMA Open Gateway"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/open-gateway-colombia\/","url":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/open-gateway-colombia\/","name":"Operadoras de Colombia se unen en GSMA Open Gateway","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/open-gateway-colombia\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/open-gateway-colombia\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Open_Gateway_Colombia_600_300.png","datePublished":"2026-02-03T15:30:00+00:00","dateModified":"2026-02-03T20:05:44+00:00","description":"Claro, Movistar y Tigo lanzan GSMA Open Gateway en Colombia con dos herramientas de verificaci\u00f3n de identidad de usuarios.","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/open-gateway-colombia\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/open-gateway-colombia\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Open_Gateway_Colombia_600_300.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Open_Gateway_Colombia_600_300.png","width":600,"height":300,"caption":"Five panelists, three women and two men, sit on stage in front of a red Open Gateway Colombia backdrop with headshots and names. Audience members watch, some taking notes. A VR-themed banner stands right; large windows frame the left side."},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america\/","name":"GSMA Latin America","description":"GSMA Latin America","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america\/#organization","name":"GSMA","url":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GSMA-Logo-Red-RGB_square.jpg?fit=600%2C600&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/GSMA-Logo-Red-RGB_square.jpg?fit=600%2C600&ssl=1","width":600,"height":600,"caption":"GSMA"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/x.com\/gsma"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america\/#\/schema\/person\/a3d95fd8942074049aa1d2c2415f823c","name":"Florencia","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e21add5aa33f51057597320cf08ee20e69fc957499171e352ccc87f0e6e34aed?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e21add5aa33f51057597320cf08ee20e69fc957499171e352ccc87f0e6e34aed?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/e21add5aa33f51057597320cf08ee20e69fc957499171e352ccc87f0e6e34aed?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Florencia"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/"]}]}},"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Open_Gateway_Colombia_600_300.png","featured_image_url":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Open_Gateway_Colombia_600_300.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p3mooC-cub","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47999","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/37"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47999"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47999\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48028,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47999\/revisions\/48028"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47999"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47999"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47999"},{"taxonomy":"algolia_discover_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gsma.com\/about-us\/regions\/latin-america-and-the-caribbean\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/algolia_discover_type?post=47999"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}