Glide Identity, Google Cloud Partner to Drive SIM-Based Cryptography

Glide Identity has announced a significant milestone in Open Gateway deployment by entering a strategic partnership with Google Cloud and expanding its mobile network operator (MNO) with partnerships with T-Mobile, Telefónica, Vodafone, Masorange. The partnership enables Glide Identity to serve both first-party and third-party applications, bringing enterprise-grade identity solutions to the world's leading digital services, starting with Snapchat. 

Glide’s advanced authentication technology replaces one-time passwords (OTPs) with a SIM-based cryptographic solution, eliminating vulnerabilities like phishing and SIM swap fraud. By leveraging Open Gateway’s standardized CAMARA APIs. Glide enables secure, AI-safe identity verification at scale. Its seamless integration with Google Cloud and Firebase enhances security while simplifying implementation for enterprises and developers. With a unified billing system and broad network coverage, Glide’s solution provides a frictionless user experience, ensuring businesses can adopt secure authentication without disrupting existing workflows.

Glide Identity, Google Cloud Partner to Drive SIM-Based Cryptography

"Glide has proven to be a great partner by connecting the dots for interested telcos and providing a way for us to scale this solution rapidly. I am looking forward to seeing how Glide help can help us bring Firebase phone number verification to even more telco partners in the coming year, " said Christiaan Brand, Group Product Manager for Identity and Security at Google.

Glide Identity will demonstrate these achievements during a panel at Mobile World Congress 2025 on Monday at 3:30 PM in Hall 6, with participation from Google, T-Mobile, Telefónica, and Snap. During the panel, Glide will showcase Firebase phone number verification service, introducing its innovative SIM-based cryptographic solution as an alternative to traditional SMS OTP verification. 

"Having Google as our partner and a customer, together with our rapid expansion of MNOs network, demonstrates industry confidence in Glide Identity. We are planning for achieving global coverage with the target to have planet-scale reach by the end of next year, thanks to our strategic partners and easy to deploy Open Gateway solutions," said Eran Haggiag, CEO at Glide Identity.

"Partnering with Google allows us to enhance phone number verification with Open Gateway’s APIs, delivering more seamless and secure authentication via Google Firebase and Glide. This collaboration highlights the potential of enhancing global services, used by millions of developers, with multi-telco APIs.” said David del Val, Global Open Gateway Director at Telefónica.

“Having a seamlessly integrated network authentication service can remove the barriers to secure access to sensitive data, which improves security and is better for the end user as well,” said Dan Thygesen, SVP T-Mobile Product, Partnerships & Growth and head of Wholesale & Innovation. “By verifying the SIM of a device through a network API, we ensure that only trusted devices access the information they have the privileges to access, which can significantly reduce the risks of fraud and data exploits.”