Contract Signal
Trusted operator signals to strengthen age-assurance and risk decisioning.
Contact Signal API provides subscription / contract-holder signals from Orange France, designed to help specialized partners improve confidence in age-assurance and trusted-contact journeys.
Unlock trusted age-assurance building blocks, with signals, not a verdict
European platforms are increasingly required to prevent minors from accessing age-restricted services, while preserving user privacy and limiting friction. Many solutions already exist, but they often struggle with reliability, spoofing, or inconsistent outcomes across markets.
Contact Signal API provides telco-grade signals about the mobile subscription contract holder (the person paying for the line), designed to help specialized age-assurance providers increase confidence in their decisioning — without Orange issuing an “age verified” conclusion.
In line with Orange’s strategic direction on trusted digital services (“Trust the Future”), Contact Signal supports a privacy-first ecosystem where operators contribute reliable signals and specialized partners deliver the final decisioning experience.
Roadmap (Orange France)
Our roadmap is structured in two milestones: V0 (August 2026) to launch a pilot baseline of core contact signals, followed by V1 (December 2026) for the commercial release with expanded signal coverage.
V0 – August 2026
- Contract holder check (non-CAMARA): consistency check between the number provided and the contract holder contact number
- “Minor” contract indicator: signal for plans/contracts explicitly designed for minors.
- SIM swap API signal: additional risk signal to reduce fraud attempts.
- Number Verification API: used as an authentication / proof-of-possession building block in the end-to-end flow.
V1 – December 2026 Commercial launch
- Tenure-derived signal (bounded): Orange France will not expose full tenure; instead, a constrained signal (e.g., “contract older than X threshold: yes/no”, including a possible “>10 years: yes/no” style signal).
- Professional line indicator: adds a signal indicating business/pro line context (as an additional confidence input).
- Parental control signal: provides an additional indicator related to parental-control services configuration (as a signal, not a conclusion).
Benefits
Higher-trust input for partner decisioning
Signals coming from a national operator are typically considered more reliable than self-declared data or easily spoofed online attributes.
Explicit consent, managed in a standardized way
Contact Signal is designed to be used with explicit user consent, checked and managed via Consent Info API (pre-flight status + capture URL when needed)
Better protection against attacker bypass
Adding a SIM swap-related signal can reduce successful fraud attempts during sensitive verification/authentication journeys.
Composable by design
Orange supplies the signals; specialized partners combine them with other evidence to produce an outcome aligned with the platform’s policy (18+/15+/12+)
What Orange France provides (and what we don’t)
Orange France provides
- Signals related to the contract holder / subscription context (the person who holds and pays for the line).
- Fraud-resilience building blocks (e.g., SIM swap-related signal) to harden user authentication steps.
Orange France does not provide
- No “age verified” decision issued by Orange.
- No Orange-generated probability score.
- No claim about a child’s identity in a household (because the operator relationship is with the payer/contract holder).
Use cases
Adult-content access (18+)
Enable a trusted-contact experience where the platform relies on an age-assurance partner decision enriched with operator signals.
Social network age gating (15+)
Support eligibility enforcement with lower friction by strengthening the partner’s confidence inputs.
Gaming / community access (12+ or tailored thresholds)
Improve resilience against fake profiles and reduce costly manual reviews/appeals by adding trusted telco signals.
Hardening the verification flow against fraud
Use SIM swap-related signal as a risk indicator to step-up or block suspicious attempts.
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Frequently-Asked Questions
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SIM Swap
Verify if a SIM card is older than X days to prevent identity fraud risks.
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Consent Info
Check whether the subscriber has the required permission to process data for a specific purpose and scope.
Number Verification
Verify phone numbers for data integrity and enhanced user authentication processes.