IPification launches industry’s first Open-Source Universal Authentication SDK

GSMA Member IPification, the global leader in adaptive, multi-channel mobile authentication, recently announced the launch of the industry’s first Open Source Universal Authentication SDK. This CAMARA-compatible solution is designed to simplify the adoption of GSMA Open Gateway standards, providing developers with a single, auditable integration point for multi-channel phone verification and user authentication.
While the GSMA Open Gateway initiative has successfully standardized network APIs for over 80% of global mobile connections, enterprises and mobile-first solutions still face significant fragmentation in how these APIs are implemented across different markets and carrier backends. The IPification Universal SDK solves this “adoption gap” by providing a unified, open-source layer that handles the complex logic of cross-carrier and cross-API-channel authentication.

One SDK, Universal Reach

IPIfication’s Universal Authentication SDK is a configurable decision engine designed to handle multiple authentication API channels. It moves beyond static authentication methods by introducing a real-time fallback waterfall system. Instead of picking a single authentication API channel, the SDK probes network conditions and carrier availability in real time, routing each request through the most secure and efficient available method, including SIM-based authentication, IP-based silent phone number verification, or IM/OTP fallbacks.

“The industry has done the hard work of standardizing the APIs through CAMARA, but for a developer, ‘standardized’ doesn’t always mean ‘plug-and-play’,” said Stefan Kostic, CEO at IPification. “By open-sourcing our Universal Authentication SDK, we are giving the developer community the transparency they need for security audits and the automation they need to scale. We’ve handled the complex connectivity, supporting multi-channel authentication and dual-stack IPv4/IPv6 routing so they can focus on building their core product.” The Universal Authentication SDK is a foundation on which each mobile app developer can build and use additional telecom intelligence signals for user onboarding, account protection, and fraud prevention.

Key Technical Elements:

• Built-in Fallback for Multiple Authentication API Channels: A real-time decision loop falls back to secondary channels when primary network signals are unavailable. The rooting is based on the configured channel order, and it is programmable.
• Automated Connectivity Handling: The SDK automatically switches to cellular data for authentication requests, bypassing Wi-Fi without disrupting the user experience.
• Dual-Stack API Handling: detection and routing for both IPv4 and IPv6 rely on network-level logic to ensure compatibility with modern carrier network architectures.
• Zero-Tap Onboarding: Supports phone number pre-population via SIM or Google Hint, enabling silent number verification in under two seconds. This applies only to Android devices.
• Global Scale: IPification can reach over 4.9 billion people across 40 live and 20 deploying markets, including the US, UK, Germany, India, China, Indonesia, and more.

Open Source for Transparency and Trust

By making the SDK open source, IPification provides a level of transparency essential to high-security sectors. Developers can now inspect the client-side code to ensure data privacy and security compliance, removing the “black box” concerns often associated with proprietary authentication libraries.

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