Telenor Pakistan Opens its APIs to Developers

Telenor Pakistan, in collaboration with AbacusConsulting, has launched an API management solution for developers, said a press statement issued by the company.
The Go-Live ceremony of API Gateway Project was held at Telenor Headquarters, Islamabad where Managing Director of AbacusConsulting Mr. Abbas Ali Khan and CEO of Telenor Pakistan Mr. Irfan Wahab Khan were present along with the leadership of both sides
Telenor’s CEO, Irfan Wahab Khan, while commenting on this said that developers can work directly with Telenor and expand their reach to a massive pool of subscribers and consumers. “They can benefit from our apps which will drive higher performance, better security and easier billing from operator services”, he added.
Currently the APIs that Telenor offer to developers include balance inquiry, SMS operations, app monetization through carrier billing and others.
After reviewing the developers portal of Telenor, it seems that the telco is currently offering following API features including balance inquiry, device information, in-app purchasing, OAuth authentication, OTP authentication, out-bound SMS, or querying subscribers

Source: TechProlonged