Plumma SRL, a Bologna-based technology company founded to fuse 25 years of Information Technology expertise with next-generation telecommunications capabilities, today announced its designation as an official GSMA Open Gateway channel partner.
This unique convergence creates a new category of enterprise enablement: combining deep software engineering, cloud architecture, and IoT systems design with mobile network capabilities that have remained locked behind complex proprietary silos. The company’s flagship platform, Plumma Connect, now provides European enterprises with instant access to standardised, developer-friendly Network APIs for real-time fraud prevention, identity verification, and real-time authentication.
The sandbox environment is now live, with coverage across Italy, Spain, England, France, and Germany. Europeis Plumma’s primary market, where the company is driving active evangeleisation and adoption of programmable network capabilities among enterprise decision-makers. This enables developers to test and deploy instantly without regional complexity or fragmented integrations.
Solving the Telco API Paradox
For decades, mobile network operators have sat on untapped assets: real-time network data, precise identity verification, and latency control. Yet enterprises desperate for these capabilities face an insurmountable barrier.
Outdated protocols, slow integration cycles, months of onboarding and fragmentation across carriers create friction. Each operator requires separate contracts, unique APIs, and custom engineering.
Plumma Connect resolves this paradox by acting as the unified translation layer between rigid network infrastructure and agile enterprise development. Through GSMA Open Gateway and CAMARA standards, Plumma aggregates the power of leading operators, including TIM Italia, Wind3 into a single standardised API gateway.
Accelerating Time-to-Market with Zero Friction
The platform eliminates the traditional N-to-N integration problem. Enterprises no longer need to negotiate dozens of operator agreements or manage proprietary handshakes. Instead, they gain:
- Single Unified Contract: Access a global ecosystem of operators through one partnership.
- Instant API Access: Time to HTTP 200 right responses, mock data for testing, and cryptographic verification without personal data exposure.
- Developer-First Design: One API key. One sandbox. Drag-and-drop components for rapid deployment.
- Time-to-market accelerates by up to 67 percent compared to traditional telco integrations, enabling enterprises to move from proof-of-concept to production in weeks, not months.
Core Capabilities: Fraud Prevention, Identity & Security
Plumma Connect powers critical layers of enterprise protection with four core capabilities available in the sandbox now:
- Number Verification: Silent network-level authentication that eliminates SMS OTPs.
- KYC Match: Instant data validation against verified carrier records.
- SIM Swap Detection: Real-time protection against account takeovers.
- Age Verification: Instant validation for compliance-heavy verticals.
- Scam Check: Real-time detection to verify whether users are actively on a call during transaction attempts, protecting against phishing and APP fraud schemes.
Use Cases Across Verticals
- The platform is purpose-built for multiple sectors: Banking & Fintech: Passwordless login, frictionless onboarding, real-time transaction security.
- iGaming: Soft KYC and bonus abuse prevention without sacrificing user experience.
- Marketplaces & E-Commerce: Background verification to block fake listings and accounts instantly.
- Government & ID Services: Secure digital identity for e-government and public service access.
- Travel & Hospitality: Secure bookings and mobile check-ins while preventing account hijacks.
Future Capabilities: IoT & Enterprise Connectivity in Roadmap
Looking forward, Plumma is architecting hardware-based zero-trust identity for Internet of Things deployments. This roadmap phase will enable enterprises to manage connected device fleets with the same network-native security that protects user identities. Planned capabilities include Device-SIM Binding (cryptographic pairing of physical device identity with network connection), Industrial Geofencing (GPS-less asset tracking via Cell-ID), Fleet Integrity (real-time verification of connected devices), and Event-Driven Logistics (automated workflows triggered by network events).
These features are planned for H3-H4 of the product roadmap (12-24 months) and represent the long-term vision for how enterprises will orchestrate global IoT fleets without operational fragmentation.
European Expansion with TIM Italia as Anchor Partner
Plumma Connect’s go-live includes TIM Italia as the first integrated mobile network operator, Wind Tre, inadvanced pipeline discussions. This positions Plumma as one of the first companies in Italy to make enterprise-grade Network APIs broadly accessible to the business community. Coverage now spans Italy, Spain, England, France and Germany with roadmap expansion to additionalEuropean and global markets.
Product Roadmap: From Fraud to Global Scale
- H1 (0-6 months): Fraud Loss Prevention, Trust & Safety (Marketplaces), Age & Identity Verification (iGaming).
- H2 (6-12 months): Expansion of Fraud & Trust use cases, product hardening, and go-to-market execution.
- H3 (12-18 months): IoT Fleet Monitoring & Provisioning, Network-Based Identity.
Engineering foundations include gateway and proxy abstraction layers, sandbox environments, real-time metering and billing, MQTT command mapping for IoT protocols, and multi-region scaling targeting 99.99 percent SLA.
Why Enterprises Are Ready
Early feedback from enterprise buyers reflects urgent demand:
- iGaming Operator: Bonus abuse through multi-accounting is our biggest drain. We need soft KYC at signup, but friction kills conversion.
- Marketplace Product Owner: We face thousands of fake listings daily. Traditional ID checks are too slow. We need background verification without frustrating genuine sellers.
- Major UK Bank: Phishing and APP fraud are costing us millions. A network-level capability to detect whether a user is on an active call during a transaction would let us block suspicious transfers instantly, protecting customers without false positives.
Plumma Connect answers these pain points directly with frictionless, real-time, network-native security.
Availability & Next Steps
The Plumma Connect sandbox is live now. Developers and enterprises can:
- Test network APIs across Italy, Spain, England, France, and Germany.
- Experiment with KYC Match, Number Verification, SIM Swap, and Age Verification in isolation.
- Use mock data without switching to production or managing complex consent flows.
- Accelerate onboarding via pre-wired, drag-and-drop components via WaveXD marketplace integration and Plumma Connect sandbox.