API Adoption”.Ericsson Partners with LotusFlare to Speed Up Network API Adoption

• The partnership enhances Ericsson’s portfolio of solutions for Communication Service Providers (CSPs) by exposing and monetizing advanced capabilities through network Application Programming Interfaces (APIs).
• Ericsson and LotusFlare will deliver joint solution blueprints that outline typical integration scenarios for a Network API Exposure Layer, covering API access and consent management, to speed CSPs’ path to API‑driven revenue streams.
• Concurrently, Ericsson has taken a minority equity position in LotusFlare.

STOCKHOLM, Dec. 3, 2025 – Ericsson (NASDAQ: ERIC) announced a strategic partnership with LotusFlare, a software‑development firm that serves the telecommunications sector and enterprise customers. Headquartered in Santa Clara, California, LotusFlare was founded in 2014 and now employs roughly 500 people worldwide. As part of the collaboration, Ericsson has acquired a minority stake in the company.

LotusFlare’s DNO Cloud platform delivers consent‑management and digital‑commerce capabilities that enable a Network API Exposure Layer. This layer allows CSPs to expose, control, and monetize sophisticated network functions—such as edge compute, network slicing, and real‑time QoS adjustments—through standardized APIs. By integrating DNO Cloud with Ericsson’s programmable, high‑performance network infrastructure, the partnership aims to accelerate the rollout of API‑driven services across 5G and forthcoming AI‑enhanced networks.

“We are delighted to establish this strategic partnership with LotusFlare,” said Niklas Heuveldop, Senior Vice President, Head of Business Area Global Communications Platform and CEO of Vonage. “Combining Ericsson’s programmable networks with LotusFlare’s network‑abstraction capabilities, along with Vonage’s global API aggregation, will empower CSPs to unlock new revenue opportunities and accelerate the commercialization of 5G and AI‑powered services.”

Sam Gadodia, CEO and Co‑Founder of LotusFlare, added, “Ericsson’s investment validates our technology and market traction. Together we will open new market channels and speed up the development of network‑asset monetization tools for CSPs worldwide.”

Vonage, now operating under the Ericsson umbrella, will leverage the enriched API catalog to drive developer adoption and enable enterprises to build network‑centric applications that translate advanced connectivity into competitive advantage.

Business and Technical Implications

The collaboration arrives at a pivotal moment for the telecom industry. CSPs are under pressure to transition from purely connectivity‑based revenue models to diversified, data‑centric offerings. By exposing network functions via APIs, operators can create a marketplace for services such as:

• Edge‑as‑a‑Service: Real‑time processing for AR/VR, autonomous vehicles, and industrial IoT.
• Dynamic Network Slicing: On‑demand allocation of bandwidth and latency guarantees for enterprise verticals.
• AI‑Driven Quality of Experience (QoE): Adaptive streaming, predictive maintenance, and anomaly detection powered by in‑network AI models.

From a technical standpoint, the integration of DNO Cloud’s consent‑management framework addresses one of the most complex challenges in API monetization—ensuring compliance with data‑privacy regulations (GDPR, CCPA) while maintaining low‑latency access to network resources. The joint solution blueprints will standardize authentication, authorization, and usage‑tracking mechanisms, reducing integration overhead for developers and shortening time‑to‑market for new services.

Financial analysts anticipate that the API‑driven approach could add 5‑10% incremental revenue for mid‑size CSPs within three years, driven by subscription fees, usage‑based billing, and revenue‑share models with third‑party developers. Moreover, the partnership positions Ericsson and LotusFlare as early movers in the emerging “Network-as-a-Service” ecosystem, potentially capturing a larger share of the $30 billion market forecast for telecom API platforms by 2028.

The parties have not disclosed financial terms of the transaction.