BroadSoft’s Telephony Mashup Contest and REST API

Published: July 18, 2008, 3:24 am

BroadSoft’s recent announcement of their new RESTful API and the supporting mashup contest is another sign that larger telephone operators will soon support “Web as a Platform” application development. BroadSoft provides telephony application servers and recently upgraded their XML based interface to support REST. Typically, telephony applications are built on more closed and obscure technologies such as Parlay. By providing a RESTful API, BroadSoft opens up carrier class development opportunities to those with typical web development skills. This may have far-reaching effects in the telephony market, as 300 carriers world wide use BroadSoft software including Verizon, Sprint, Cox, Telstra and Telefonica. This announcement follows on the heels of similar announcements from British Telecom, Orange and Vodafone, all of whom support APIs to their core network to support services such as Click to Call, Conferencing and Location Based Services (more at our profiles for

[ Full article ]

Blog link

Comments