2026-02-26 API Backlog Minutes
Attendees
Organization | Name |
Orange | @Gilles Renoux |
Charter Communications |
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CableLabs |
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Telefonica | @Alberto Ramos Monaga |
Vodafone | @Surajj Jaggernath |
Ericsson | @Jan Friman |
AT&T | @Pierre Close |
T-Mobile US | @Murat Karabulut |
KDDI |
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Slagen |
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Nokia |
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China Telecom |
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ZTE |
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KPN |
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GSMA |
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Centilion |
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Deutsche Telekom |
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MTN |
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China Mobile |
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Verizon | @Mahesh Chapalamadugu |
PlektonLabs |
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TIM |
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NTT |
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China Unicom |
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Infosys Ltd | @bishnu prasad panda, @balamurugan shanmugam |
Spectrum |
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Chunghwa Telecom |
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Telecom Argentina |
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Huawei |
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xFlow Research |
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NCSRD | @panagiotis pavlidis, @harilaos koumaras |
Infolysis | @Vaios Koumaras |
Agenda Proposal
New APIs Proposals:
Scope Enhancement:
Enhancement of Dedicated Networks API #295
Out of Agenda: N/A
#141 (Energy Footprint Notification), #126 (Facial Recognition), #18 (Receive SMS), #20 (Best Interconnection), #91 (Fixed lines in Device Location APIs), #93 (Line Eligibility for Carrier Billing API), #109 (Support application resource requirements in application profiles), #136 (eSIM Remote Management), #157 (Voice Notification), #160 (Voice Verification Code), #241 (Fraud Hotzone Alert), #63 (IMEI Fraud - reactivate from frozen status), #250 (In Home Device Management API), #267 (Radio signal attenuation API)
Approval of minutes of last conf. call
Minutes of last API backlog WG call available here
DECISION: OK
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New Procedures in API Backlog WG meetings
A number of improvements are under discussion with leadership team of OGW project (Henry), CAMARA Project (Markus), Product Definition WS (Helene) and TSC (Herbert). As of today, the WG adopted agreements are three:
To close the agenda SEVEN DAYS BEFORE the conf. call.
In case a WG participant wants to include a point in the agenda (e.g., present a new API proposal), this participant shall ensure the corresponding issue is opened in Github by then.
Exceptional situations will be treated separately.
New schedule of conf. calls **The meetings are to be held by Linux Foundation (Links available at GitHub and Confluence Backlog front pages)
2nd Thursday of the month (9-10:30 UTC)
4th Thursday of the month (15-16:30 UTC)
Send agenda to TSC mail list, to encourage more TSC member companies to join the call and provide comments when they identify APIs which are of interest for them.
New API proposals are included in backlog table when template PR is created, linking to the pending PR
PR will be merged as soon as ready for TSC, and should be merged before TSC review
API enhancements requires existing group’s validation. TSC is informed accordingly to validate
Link and status in backlog table will be updated accordingly
Issue to track API onboarding will be opened once new API is confirmed in TSC.
New proposal Lifecycle for frozen APIs.
Recent Updates & Recap
Last TSC meeting 2026-02-19 (summary):
Marketing:
Meta-release naming proposal from Outreach Committee: Proposal is to use "Signal" and "Sync". Both are telco native terms, “Signal” initiates and “Sync” aligns, so it fits to the purpose of the meta releases, and it is geographically friendly. The TSC was fine with the name change and did not see the need for a formal vote. The decision has been finalized to make the proposed name change.
Commonalities:
Release Candidate preparation: https://github.com/camaraproject/Commonalities/pull/581&https://lf-camaraproject.atlassian.net/wiki/x/BIDjHg
MCP Enablement Program: https://github.com/camaraproject/Commonalities/issues/587& https://github.com/camaraproject/Commonalities/issues/588
Dedicated timeslot: proposal bi-weekly Mondays even weeks 15:00 UTC starting from Mar 9, 2026 (alternating with Commonalities meetings) Start of the discussion possible in the issues above
Identity & Consent Management:
ICM Spring26 meta-release status: The Spring26 Release Candidate (r4.1) is now available at https://github.com/camaraproject/IdentityAndConsentManagement/releases/tag/r4.1
https://github.com/camaraproject/IdentityAndConsentManagement/issues/340 The group previously concluded that CAMARA's approach is not affected by the audience injection vulnerability..
MCP Enablement Program – Phase 0: https://github.com/camaraproject/IdentityAndConsentManagement/issues/347. Volunteers from the ICM group are requested to lead or contribute to the program.
Consent Info API: The v0.2.0-rc.1 release candidate is now available at https://github.com/camaraproject/ConsentInfo/releases/tag/r2.1 A review period was established until the next ICM meeting. If no issues are raised, the pull request for the public release will be initiated.
Consent Management API - Controlled Consent Capture Delegation: Initial API draft is under review; No open blocking issues The WG is encouraged to review the draft and propose any additional features required before starting the formal release process.
Release Management:
Spring26 meta-release (https://lf-camaraproject.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CAM/pages/268500993)
M2 (Feb 19): Commonalities and ICM Release PRs have been reviewed and the releases are available here: ICM Release r4.1, Commonalities tbd this week
M3 (Feb 23+): 4 of 6 Spring26 APIs under review. Final Release PRs to be prepared now that M2 is reached.
Spring 26 participation: SessionInsights #350 (no feedback), Spring26 participation: HighThroughputElasticNetworks #349 (no feedback), Spring26 participation: IoTSIMFraudPrevention #348 (reviewed), Spring26 participation: NetworkInsights #344 (reviewed), Spring26 participation: ClickToDial #343 (reviewed), Spring26 participation: Network Slice Booking #341 (reviewed)
Fall26/Sync26 meta-release (https://lf-camaraproject.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CAM/pages/268533761 )
M0 (Jan 15). Start of API work dependent on: M2 Commonalities and ICM release-candidates: will be released this week and release automation rollout will be starting this week. An (automation) PR “[Bulk] Add release-plan.yaml“ will appear in each API repository.
Release automation
The roll-out of release-plan.yaml, has been tested with a few APIs and is planned to be rolled-out this week. New release process documentation available accordingly for pre-read
The release automation workflow is currently in alpha testing (ReleaseTest repo) - first volunteering repositories can be onboarded soon (“beta” or “RC” phase). The onboarding will happen via an automated PR (separate from the roll-out of the release-plan.yaml)
Other topics
(Information) CAMARA APIs - Functional Differences (Use-Case & Data Semantics Edition: A white paper has been produced for publication on the CAMARA website to explain in detail what problem each API solves, what data it delivers, how to interpret it, and how to combine them in risk and error-prevention policies (Audience: Non-telco experts) APIs covered: SIM Swap · Device Swap · Tenure · Number Recycling - (link)
(Review PR) Update the backlog table with the changes as of December #280
Discussion
Current Issues
Issue # | Company | Summary | Status Update |
Heksagon | Voice One Time Password Call The API template is available at #263 | INITIAL CONTEXT: The “Voice One Time Password Call” API is used to send short-lived one time passwords (OTP) to a phone number via voice call and validate it afterwards, in order to provide a proof of possession of the phone number. AP1: Update the PR by creating a new entry under AP2: Create an issue with the AP3: Resolve the easyCLA error by clicking the provided link and signing the authorization Sep 25, 2025: Not treated Relation with Voice Verification Code (#233) - Herbert suggest if we can merge this with this issue. Heksagon: Regarding your suggestion to merge our issue proposal with #233, we have checked and it looks like that their use case works only for "IMS based audio codes" as explained in their API description which is not the case for our API. So we don't think that merging the two issues would be a good idea. If there is any further discussion needed on that, we can have a call to evaluate it. Oct 10, 2025, Oct 23, 2025, Nov 13, 2025,Nov 27, 2025, Jan 8, 2026: Not treated Dec 11, 2025: Resolve the PR comments and upload the PowerPoint presentation - Not treated Jan 22, 2026, Feb 12, 2026: Not treated MEETING UPDATE: Feb 26, 2026: Not treated | |
T-Mobile US | Group Management API The API template is available at #289 | INITIAL CONTEXT: The Group Management API enables API Consumers to create and manage named groups of pre-defined entities (e.g. devices or areas). It supports batch membership operations and event-driven notifications, making it ideal for Service APIs (e.g., Geofencing) that need to manage and track sets of entities, and be informed about changes to group member states. Related Issue: Standardize Group Management for CAMARA Sub-Projects Jan 8, 2026: Not treated Jan 22, 2026: @Murat Karabulut Will be discussed in commonalities first. Feb 12, 2026: Not treated MEETING UPDATE: Feb 26, 2026: @Murat Karabulut: Still open expected to be discussed in the next few weeks on Commonalities group. | |
NCSRD | Trust Worthiness Intent API The API template is available at #294 | INITIAL CONTEXT: TWIA is an intent-based API that lets an app submit high-level trust requirements (Security, Privacy, Reliability, Resilience, Safety) in natural language and get back per-category scores plus an overall trustworthiness level, without dealing with low-level configuration. Jan 8, 2026, Jan 22, 2026: Not treated Feb 12, 2026: The owner presented the API. Discussion:
AP1: Refine the PR:
MEETING UPDATE: Feb 26, 2026: AP: @Alberto Ramos Monaga and API proposal owner - get some feedback from Backlog WG and review the telco operator capability scope | |
| Enterprise Connectivity Governance API - ConnectivityGovernance The API template is not available yet | INITIAL CONTEXT: The proposed Enterprise Connectivity Governance API enables telcos to enforce enterprise network policies at the operator network level (e.g., gateway/edge/core) across MPLS, SD-WAN and mobile networks, so enterprises can centrally control or restrict access to services/app categories (e.g., streaming sites) and optimize usage for compliance scenarios (including BYOD) without installing software on end-user devices. Feb 12, 2026: Not treated MEETING UPDATE:
Feb 26, 2026: AP2: Review the https://lf-camaraproject.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/CAM/pages/77922436 subproject to see if there’re any overlap | |
| Network Contract Lifecycle Management The API template is not available yet | INITIAL CONTEXT: It aims to be an operator-agnostic interface for companies to manage long-term network SLA contracts throughout their lifecycle: defining metrics (bandwidth, latency, availability, error thresholds), monitoring compliance, notifying breaches (webhook/subscriptions), and managing changes (activation, amendments, closure). MEETING UPDATE:
Feb 26, 2026: Not treated | |
| Network‑Authenticated Assembly The API template is not available yet | INITIAL CONTEXT: Verifies if a defined group of devices has been physically co-present within a given zone and recent time window, returning a simple verdict (co_present/partial/not_co_present) and optionally a privacy-preserving attestation so workflows can trust presence without revealing exact locations. MEETING UPDATE:
Feb 26, 2026: Not treated |
Scope enhancements
Enhancement of Dedicated Networks API #295: Dedicated Networks proposes an optional “Areas API” (Issue #86 / PR #87) to help consumers find/select eligible areas. Early signals suggest the same concept may also be needed in QoS Booking, so we risk duplicating / diverging semantics across CQM APIs. The group needs guidance on whether this should be treated as:
DN-only optional API enhancement (new API within the Dedicated Networks family), or
a shared CQM cross-API building block that can be reused by multiple CQM APIs (at minimum DN + QoS Booking), to prevent duplication.
Decision: The decision must be agreed upon by the group before being added to the backlog - (no new updates)
Out Of Agenda
N/A
Closing Issues
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