CelcomDigi advances digital trust and online safety for major global social media platforms through trusted network APIs
- ID
- 6057
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 20 Jul 2026, 3:34 PM
- Fetched
- 20 Jul 2026, 4:09 PM
- Provider
- Digital News Asia
- Category
- malaysia-tech
- Original URL
- https://www.digitalnewsasia.com/business/celcomdigi-advances-digital-trust-and-online-safety-major-global-social-media-platforms
- Source URL
- https://www.digitalnewsasia.com/rss.xml
Summary
- Score
- 8.0
- Created
- 20 Jul 2026, 4:09 PM
- Tags
- Audience
- developerssaas_foundersai_agent_users
What happened
CelcomDigi is partnering with IPification to offer network-based mobile number verification APIs, reducing reliance on SMS OTPs for identity verification. This API-as-a-Service allows global social media platforms to combat fraud and fake accounts more effectively. It marks CelcomDigi as the first Malaysian telco to provide such network-based authentication capabilities.
Why it matters
Malaysian developers and SaaS founders building apps requiring user authentication can leverage local telco infrastructure for more secure, seamless identity verification, bypassing vulnerable SMS OTPs. This opens up local API integration opportunities for fraud prevention and digital trust.
Discussion angle
How Malaysian startups can integrate telco APIs like CelcomDigi's to improve user onboarding and security without SMS OTPs.