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MVNO Discovery For Vodafone

1.1.1

MVNO Discovery is an API that enables an Aggregator to perform a pre-check before calling our Know Your Customer API (which is called Match).

This API follows a proprietary Vodafone specification.

Try it out

Live
  • Identity
Available in
  • UK

MVNO Discovery For Vodafone

1.1.1

MVNO Discovery is an API that enables an Aggregator to perform a pre-check before calling our Know Your Customer API (which is called Match).

This API follows a proprietary Vodafone specification.

Try it out

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It can be used for
  • Performing a pre-check
  • Verifying if a number is managed by an MVNO on the Vodafone Network
  • Seamless verification of the mobile number in real-time

API Information

Version v1.1.1
Protocol HTTPS
Sandbox URL https://api-sandbox.vf-dmp.engineering.vodafone.com
Live URL https://eu3.api.vodafone.com
Version history 1.1.1
Release date June 2024
Status Live
Description Indicates if an MSISDN is managed by an MVNO on the Vodafone Network. This is a Vodafone API as currently there is no GSMA standard defined.

How it works

  1. Possible scenarios where a connected party would call this MVNO Discovery API include:
    • An Aggregator partner wants to confirm if Vodafone can perform a KYC check before they make the request to the Match API.
    • A customer called the Match API first, and they didn't receive a match. They want to call the MVNO Discovery API to check why they didn’t receive a match to their request. For example, the reason might be because the Subscriber belongs to a MVNO rather than Vodafone.
  2. The Service Provider sends the MSISDN to the MVNO Discovery API.
  3. The MVNO Discovery API checks in real-time whether the phone number is managed by an MVNO on the Vodafone Network.
  4. The API responds with True/False (400 error) as to whether the number is currently managed by an MVNO on the Vodafone network .
  5. The customer can use this information to decide whether to make a subsequent request to the Match API.  For example: If the response was that the MSISDN belonged to an MVNO, they wouldn't make that request, because they know Vodafone doesn't have the Subscriber details.
Note
A Bearer Token is required to perform the request. See the Additional Information page for more information on how to secure a connection.

Run in Postman

To begin using the Vodafone workspace in Postman, please follow the steps below to create a set of credentials that can be used with our sandbox collections:

  • Register an account on https://developer.vodafone.com and create a sandbox app for the APIs that you are interested in.
  • Use the Client Key and Secret from your sandbox app to populate the relating variables in the "Sandbox Credentials" environment group in Postman.
  • Call the token endpoint to create a bearer token that is used in the API resource endpoint. Your client credentials will be taken from the environment variables and used in a basic OAuth flow.
  • You need to call the token end-point for each API as the API scope is held in the request body of the token call.
  • The last bearer token and trace ID will be stored in collection variables associated with the API solution that you have chosen.
  • You can use these collections as read-only or create a fork into your own personal workspace to edit the details.

You can access all of Vodafone's sandbox APIs in our Postman workspace by clicking the button below:

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