Glide Identity’s mission: a new telco API franchise to replace the billions at risk with SMS OTP
Eran Haggiag, founder CEO of telco-backed authentication startup Glide Identity, tells TelcoTitans that it’s time to move on from multi-billion dollar but vulnerable SMS One Time Passwords, and swap in revenue from Open Gateway-based APIs leveraging with SIM cryptography. And why this time is different with Google…
This article includes:
- Organisations: ClearX; Deutsche Telekom Group; Deutsche Telekom Global Carrier (DTGC); Deutsche Telekom Innovation Pool (DTIP); Fidelity International Strategic Ventures; Glide Identity; Google; Google Cloud; GSMA; Hong Kong Telecom (HKT); Orange; Singtel; Singtel Innov8; T-Mobile US; Telefónica Group; Telefónica Innovation Ventures; Telenor; Verizon; Vodafone Group; Vodafone Carrier Services (VCC).
- Geographic: Hong Kong; United States (US).
- People: Christiaan Brand; David Del Val; Eran Haggiag.
- Themes: AI, Artificial general intelligence (AGI); Authentication; Blockchain; CAMARA APIs; Cryptography; eSIM; Firebase; Identity layer; Know Your Customer (KYC); Mobile World Congress (MWC); Multi-factor authentication (MFA); One-Time Passwords (OTP); Open Gateway Initiative; Phone number verification; SIM; SMS OTP; Two-factor authentication; Voice cloning; Wi-Fi.
- Events: Mobile World Congress 2025 (MWC25).
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