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Benefits

UNINTERRUPTED CONTENT

UNINTERRUPTED CONTENT

Optimise streaming capabilities by providing seamless content delivery, whether live, on-demand or interactive experiences. Quality is key to reducing the drop-out rate.

GREATER INTERACTION

GREATER INTERACTION

Our APIs make it easy to profile your audience. This allows you to offer personalised content recommendations and promotions, to create more engaging functionalities.

MONETISATION OPPORTUNITIES

MONETISATION OPPORTUNITIES

Explore new business opportunities with XR technology. It also integrates advertising and new subscription models with in-app payments.

Use cases

Uninterrumped gaming experiences

The gaming industry has experienced significant growth, especially in the mobile gaming segment, where accessibility and security play a key role when making purchases, subscribing to games or topping up virtual currency. The Carrier Billing API streamlines the payment process, so players can make purchases without the need for credit cards or additional authentication, allowing them to enjoy a distraction-free gaming experience, while ensuring transactions are more secure and higher conversion rates.

APIs used

Carrier Billing API QoD Mobile API

Smoother immersive experiences

In Virtual Reality and Extended Reality environments, traditional payment methods present significant challenges due to the immersive nature of the experience. Devices such as virtual reality goggles make it hard for users to access their credit card information, disrupting the smooth and immersive experience they seek. The integration of payments through Carrier Billing offers users a simple and convenient alternative, allowing them to complete the transaction with their phone number without leaving the experience.

APIs used

Carrier Billing API QoD Mobile API

Improvement of the conversion rate & quality of user databases

When signing up new customers, it is important to ensure that the contact information they provide is accurate. Fake accounts reduce the quality of your user database and give you a false sense of a good conversion rate. The KYC - Match API, with its reliable user information validation system, allows you to create higher-quality databases. This translates into a better understanding of your customers so that you can invest time and effort in them, better target your strategic business decisions and take meaningful actions.

APIs used

KYC-Match API SIM Swap API Number Verification API Device Location Verification API

Simplified & seamless onboarding

Social networking applications use the phone number as an identity when signing up new users, typically using SMS OTP. This mechanism is used to verify that the user is the actual owner of the mobile device associated with the phone number used for registration. But this registration interrupts the user's navigation and requires the user to interact with the SMS. However, using the Number Verification API, the application can request reliable and seamless authentication without interacting with the user. The service verifies possession of the phone number and provides a confirmation to the app that can be used as a valid identifier for that user. Other APIs can improve security even more, such as SIM SWAP.

APIs used

Number Verification API SIM Swap API Device Location Verification API

Faster & more stable online gaming

The online gaming industry has experienced significant growth, particularly in the mobile gaming segment. Extremely low latency, higher bandwidth and much higher network speeds than today are the keys that will shape the industry in the coming years. The QoD Mobile API can detect when the network does not offer the level of quality required by the game and trigger a connectivity boost to improve the end player's experience.

APIs used

QoD Mobile API Carrier Billing API Number Verification API

Enriched entertainment experiences

Enhancing both live and recorded entertainment experiences is a challenge for developers. Watching football matches from different angles, complementing live match viewing with additional online content and other functionalities transform the way users experience sporting events. With the QoD Mobile API you can offer, for example, real-time summaries and replays of popular live events. Thanks to the advanced network capabilities offered by this service, it is possible to deliver these video clips quickly and without interruption regardless of network congestion.

APIs used

QoD Mobile API Carrier Billing API Device Location Verification API

Enhanced e-learning

Our lifestyles are changing and are increasingly based on online experiences. One of the sectors that has been most affected in this respect is education and training. Thanks to the evolution of online training, users have the opportunity to easily access educational content and improve their career profile. In fact, e-learning is becoming a valuable tool for bridging the global skills gap. Webinars are the preferred online training format for professionals, and other learning formats using XR technology are already being developed for specific trainings. Integrating the QoD Mobile API facilitates the development of training solutions with guaranteed high-quality image and video interacting with the network.

APIs used

QoD Mobile API Carrier Billing API

Better 2FA in fraud prevention

The integration of the SIM Swap API into 2FA authentication workflows allows for stronger user verification during registration processes. Through the API, applications proactively identify and prevent potentially fraudulent activities related to SIM swapping. This adds an additional layer of protection, ensuring the security of your users' accounts.

APIs used

SIM Swap API Device Location Verification API KYC-Match API Number Verification API

Avoid unexpected roaming charges

When it comes to managing mobile phone costs, every penny counts. The Device Status API facilitates real-time monitoring of the roaming status of your SIM card, ensuring that you never receive unpleasant surprises via your phone bill. This allows you to manage your data usage and explore cost-effective roaming options during a trip.

APIs used

Device Status API Device Location Verification API

Effective connection with users in roaming status

Integrating the Device Status API enables companies and government bodies to maintain an effective connection with their users in roaming status. As they can verify the SIM roaming status of their users, they can send alerts and share relevant information in a timely manner, thus ensuring that their messages reach the right recipients. This maintains an open line of communication with users for sharing vital information and important updates.

APIs used

Device Status API Device Location Verification API

Collecting valuable data from users in roaming status

Understanding users’ behaviour in their home country and beyond is key to enabling companies to improve their services and identifying emerging trends. The Device Status API can collect these data, which reveal, for example, the most popular travel destinations among users, peak times of activity, preferences for certain services and applications and usage discrepancies between different regions, in order to enrich services and improve the user experience.

APIs used

Device Status API Device Location Verification API

Uninterrumped gaming experiences

The gaming industry has experienced significant growth, especially in the mobile gaming segment, where accessibility and security play a key role when making purchases, subscribing to games or topping up virtual currency. The Carrier Billing API streamlines the payment process, so players can make purchases without the need for credit cards or additional authentication, allowing them to enjoy a distraction-free gaming experience, while ensuring transactions are more secure and higher conversion rates.

APIs used

Carrier Billing API QoD Mobile API

Smoother immersive experiences

In Virtual Reality and Extended Reality environments, traditional payment methods present significant challenges due to the immersive nature of the experience. Devices such as virtual reality goggles make it hard for users to access their credit card information, disrupting the smooth and immersive experience they seek. The integration of payments through Carrier Billing offers users a simple and convenient alternative, allowing them to complete the transaction with their phone number without leaving the experience.

APIs used

Carrier Billing API QoD Mobile API

Improvement of the conversion rate & quality of user databases

When signing up new customers, it is important to ensure that the contact information they provide is accurate. Fake accounts reduce the quality of your user database and give you a false sense of a good conversion rate. The KYC - Match API, with its reliable user information validation system, allows you to create higher-quality databases. This translates into a better understanding of your customers so that you can invest time and effort in them, better target your strategic business decisions and take meaningful actions.

APIs used

KYC-Match API SIM Swap API Number Verification API Device Location Verification API

Simplified & seamless onboarding

Social networking applications use the phone number as an identity when signing up new users, typically using SMS OTP. This mechanism is used to verify that the user is the actual owner of the mobile device associated with the phone number used for registration. But this registration interrupts the user's navigation and requires the user to interact with the SMS. However, using the Number Verification API, the application can request reliable and seamless authentication without interacting with the user. The service verifies possession of the phone number and provides a confirmation to the app that can be used as a valid identifier for that user. Other APIs can improve security even more, such as SIM SWAP.

APIs used

Number Verification API SIM Swap API Device Location Verification API

Faster & more stable online gaming

The online gaming industry has experienced significant growth, particularly in the mobile gaming segment. Extremely low latency, higher bandwidth and much higher network speeds than today are the keys that will shape the industry in the coming years. The QoD Mobile API can detect when the network does not offer the level of quality required by the game and trigger a connectivity boost to improve the end player's experience.

APIs used

QoD Mobile API Carrier Billing API Number Verification API

Enriched entertainment experiences

Enhancing both live and recorded entertainment experiences is a challenge for developers. Watching football matches from different angles, complementing live match viewing with additional online content and other functionalities transform the way users experience sporting events. With the QoD Mobile API you can offer, for example, real-time summaries and replays of popular live events. Thanks to the advanced network capabilities offered by this service, it is possible to deliver these video clips quickly and without interruption regardless of network congestion.

APIs used

QoD Mobile API Carrier Billing API Device Location Verification API

Enhanced e-learning

Our lifestyles are changing and are increasingly based on online experiences. One of the sectors that has been most affected in this respect is education and training. Thanks to the evolution of online training, users have the opportunity to easily access educational content and improve their career profile. In fact, e-learning is becoming a valuable tool for bridging the global skills gap. Webinars are the preferred online training format for professionals, and other learning formats using XR technology are already being developed for specific trainings. Integrating the QoD Mobile API facilitates the development of training solutions with guaranteed high-quality image and video interacting with the network.

APIs used

QoD Mobile API Carrier Billing API

Better 2FA in fraud prevention

The integration of the SIM Swap API into 2FA authentication workflows allows for stronger user verification during registration processes. Through the API, applications proactively identify and prevent potentially fraudulent activities related to SIM swapping. This adds an additional layer of protection, ensuring the security of your users' accounts.

APIs used

SIM Swap API Device Location Verification API KYC-Match API Number Verification API

Avoid unexpected roaming charges

When it comes to managing mobile phone costs, every penny counts. The Device Status API facilitates real-time monitoring of the roaming status of your SIM card, ensuring that you never receive unpleasant surprises via your phone bill. This allows you to manage your data usage and explore cost-effective roaming options during a trip.

APIs used

Device Status API Device Location Verification API

Effective connection with users in roaming status

Integrating the Device Status API enables companies and government bodies to maintain an effective connection with their users in roaming status. As they can verify the SIM roaming status of their users, they can send alerts and share relevant information in a timely manner, thus ensuring that their messages reach the right recipients. This maintains an open line of communication with users for sharing vital information and important updates.

APIs used

Device Status API Device Location Verification API

Collecting valuable data from users in roaming status

Understanding users’ behaviour in their home country and beyond is key to enabling companies to improve their services and identifying emerging trends. The Device Status API can collect these data, which reveal, for example, the most popular travel destinations among users, peak times of activity, preferences for certain services and applications and usage discrepancies between different regions, in order to enrich services and improve the user experience.

APIs used

Device Status API Device Location Verification API

Case studies

Safer & simpler Pay-for-TV

The Kanto Living App is one of the digital experiences available in the "Apps" section of Movistar Plus+.

Kanto offers a catalogue of songs from different genres to transform users' living rooms into a multi-user, multi-device karaoke experience. Now, thanks to the integration of the Carrier Billing API, customers have the option to pay an annual premium subscription securely and easily through their TV remote control with a single click, charging the payment directly to their Movistar bill.

Carrier Billing improves the accessibility and security of the user experience, maximising conversion rates and allowing service providers such as Kanto to communicate with the network in real time.

Safer and simpler Pay-for-TV with Kanto and Carrier Billing API.

Streaming with AI

Cinfo is a company specialising in artificial intelligence, 5G and video technologies that aims to democratise the production of all types of events. With this vision, it wanted to create an affordable system for high-quality streaming, using AI-controlled cameras to simplify workflows and reduce errors and costs. These solutions are very sensitive to connectivity, latency of quality parameters and jitter. By integrating the QoD Mobile API, it makes it easy for its AI to process frames at the FPS rate of the capture stream during a live event. The result is a live sports broadcast, captured by AI, with no video freeze and no loss of pixels or frames.

New streaming solutions with AI with Cinfo and AWS, integrating QoD Mobile API.

The evolution of 5G online gaming

Blacknut is a cloud-based gaming service that offers its subscribers unlimited access to over 500 games and multi-device capability. Players need stable connectivity at key moments, and lag, jitter and buffering are major issues that Blacknut wanted to eliminate from their experience. So, with Vonage, we implemented the QoD Mobile service to facilitate higher quality games. With this, Blacknut users can enjoy solid speed, super-fast response times and ultra-low latency, providing a superior experience.

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Online training with advanced webinars

Zoom is a video room service offering different communication services for business meetings, simultaneous virtual rooms and webinars. By evolving its services, it aims to be able to provide better connectivity to its pay users and offer other premium services to its users with higher quality in order to increase the number of subscribers. These advanced capabilities and premium services require specific network parameters. By integrating the QoD Mobile API, it is possible to enhance the webinar experience and other online formats, allowing room hosts to activate, for example, HD mode, to automatically raise the quality of presentations and stabilise connectivity.

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Sporting events with immersive technology

YBVR is a startup that creates immersive real-time experiences for sports broadcasts using cutting-edge technology such as virtual reality. Among its solutions is YB Arena which offers fans multi-camera access functionality within the same sports venue. Such services require low latency between devices, optimised bandwidth and support for a large volume of devices. By integrating the QoD Mobile API through AWS Wavelength technology, YB Arena leverages the advanced capabilities of the network to provide stable connectivity and enhanced image rendering, delivering high-quality, uninterrupted broadcasting.

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Enhanced immersive entertainment

Yerba Buena Virtual Reality (YBVR) is a company that markets streaming immersive video experiences for virtual reality glasses. YBVR Arena enables its users to enjoy immersive sporting events in the stadium via their mobile phones. It thus caters for the new consumer habits in the entertainment and sports sector, which is seeing an increasing demand for immersive and participatory formats. By integrating the Carrier Billing, Device Location Verification and QoD Mobile APIs, it raises the experiences to the next level, increasing flexibility, simplifying payments and optimising the quality of the images. By combining these APIs and integrating AWS Wavelength technology, it can deliver content with fewer interruptions and better resolution to deliver next-generation digital services.

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Enjoy sport at home as you've never done before

Movistar Experiencia Inmersiva is a virtual space accessible through Meta Quest in which users can enjoy exclusive Movistar Plus+ content and live immersive sports. Stable and frictionless connectivity is required to enjoy these kinds of events with sufficient quality. The integration of the QoD Wi-Fi API can prioritise a device connected to the 5G Wi-Fi network in the home for a seamless connection. In other words, it provides an experience within the Metaverse that allows users to enjoy the sport in a fully immersive manner and with greater quality.

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