Network as a Service
Driving the Future of Network APIs: CableLabs’ Role in CAMARA’s Fall ’25 Meta-Release
Key Points
- Highlights from CAMARA’s fall 2025 meta-release delivered 60 standardized network APIs, moving the industry closer to delivering network functions that are as accessible as cloud services.
- Through its contributions to CAMARA, CableLabs is helping transform networks into programmable platforms that reduce integration complexity and accelerate innovation for members.
Open network APIs are changing the way innovation happens — turning networks into programmable platforms that applications can build on. The fall 2025 meta-release of CAMARA APIs represents a major milestone in open-source network innovation, and CableLabs is proud to be a key contributor.
From Quality on Demand to Simple Edge Discovery to the upcoming Session Insights and Network Access Management APIs, CableLabs continues to shape the foundation for the next generation of programmable networks.
CAMARA APIs in the Fall '25 Meta-Release
The CAMARA Project — supported by GSMA’s Open Gateway initiative — issued its latest meta-release on Oct. 7, 2025, marking another step toward API standardization and global interoperability. Read the press release to learn more.
Highlights include:
- 60 total APIs, including:
- 10 production-ready/stable APIs
- 27 updated since the spring ’25 release
- 23 brand-new initial APIs
- Expanded alignment with GSMA Open Gateway and TM Forum frameworks, helping developers “build once, deploy everywhere”
- New stable APIs such as Quality on Demand with Quality of Service (QoS) Profiles and Simple Edge Discovery
This CAMARA API release brings the network operator and developer communities closer to a world where network capabilities are as accessible as cloud services.
CableLabs’ Contributions to CAMARA APIs
Quality on Demand (QoD): Through our work on Quality on Demand, CableLabs helped further the efforts for application Quality of Experience for latency-sensitive use cases like AR/VR, gaming, telemedicine and industrial Internet of Things (IoT) — where predictable performance is essential.
Simple Edge Discovery: Route workloads to the nearest edge zone for improved response time and lower latency with Simple Edge Discovery.
Connectivity Insights: CableLabs contributed directly to Connectivity Insights, enabling application developers to get insights into the network connection quality.
Session Insights: While not part of the official meta-release, CableLabs’ Session Insights API has been published to CAMARA’s GitHub and will be available soon in an alpha release. It allows an application to provide real-time session-level analytics and telemetry to the network operator, giving applications real-time feedback on performance and network behavior — an important step toward data-driven service optimization.
Network Access Management: Similarly, Network Access Management is working to provide standardized methods to manage network access for both devices and users. It’s another foundational piece in making networks more programmable, secure and interoperable.
Why This Matters for CableLabs Members
Reducing Integration Complexity: By contributing to CAMARA’s open-source community, CableLabs helps member operators access solutions that scale across the broader connectivity ecosystem. This standardization of APIs reduces integration complexity and eliminates one-off builds, cutting both development time and cost.
Accelerating innovation: With open network APIs, members can prototype and deploy new services faster.
Ensuring global interoperability: CAMARA’s collaboration with GSMA Open Gateway ensures that implementations work across operators and borders.
Enhancing user experiences: Applications can now leverage network context to deliver smarter, more responsive and reliable services.
Differentiated Services: Members can leverage these APIs to create unique context-aware services through API-driven, interoperable architectures that enable seamless user experiences and introduce new revenue opportunities for operators.
Looking Ahead
CableLabs will continue advancing open API standards through our work in CAMARA and related initiatives. Upcoming milestones include:
- Preparing Session Insights and Network Access Management for alpha releases.
- Engaging with member operators and vendors to pilot CAMARA APIs in real-world environments.
- Contributing to future meta-releases that expand network capabilities for developers globally.
Join the Conversation
If you’re a CableLabs member or ecosystem partner, now is the time to explore these new APIs and their potential in your networks and services.
Read more about the CAMARA open-source project on its website and join the project on GitHub. If you are a CableLabs member or part of our vendor community, you can join the Network as a Service working group. Member operators can also learn more by visiting our Member Portal, which requires a CableLabs account to log in. Employees of member companies can register for an account here.
Together, we’re building the foundation for the next generation of programmable networks.