BT launch 21st Century Phone Network API

BT have recently launched an API for their 21CN network called Web21C. The API allows developers to access various BT network functions via a HTTPS interface. Amongt other things you can place calls, send text messages, geo-locate mobiles (currently only BT mobiles).

During the beta phase, usage limits per account are as follows:

• SMS Text Messages - 10 international messages / day. 160 Characters / message
• Standard Voice Calls - 10 international calls of 2 mins / day.
• Conference Calls - 10 international calls (upto 4 participants max) of 2 mins / day.
• Location - 10 requests / day.
• Presence - Logged out after 8 hours. 100 requests / day.
• Authentication - 100 requests / day
• Information About Me - 100 requests / day.

That’s pretty generous of BT if you think about it, as they are giving you up to 40 minutes of international calls per day!

They have also built 7 test virtual phones (sip addresses), that you can use for your testing, which have been affectionately named after the seven dwarfs:

• Happy - Connects and disconnects after 60 seconds - sip:happy-random_number@mockphones.nat.bt.com:5660
• Bashful - Connects and disconnects after 3 seconds - sip:bashful-3000-random_number@mockphones.nat.bt.com:5660
• Grumpy - Always gives a busy signal - sip:busyphone-random_number@mockphones.nat.bt.com:5660
• Dopey - Never connects, gives service unavailable message - sip:brokenphone-random_number@mockphones.nat.bt.com:5660
• Doc - Connects after 10 seconds and disconnects after 3 seconds - sip:doc-10000-3000-random_number@mockphones.nat.bt.com:5660
• Sneezy - Connects and disconnects after 10 seconds - sip:sneezy-10000-random_number@mockphones.nat.bt.com:5660
• Sleepy - Never connects and after 60 seconds becomes unavailable - sip:noanswerphone-random_number@mockphones.nat.bt.com:5660

The random number can be any number between 100 and 10000000.