Optus

Optus (Singtel Optus Pty Limited) is Australia's second-largest telecommunications carrier, wholly owned by Singapore's Singtel and headquartered in Macquarie Park, Sydney. It runs a national mobile network reaching over 99% of the Australian population, alongside NBN and cable broadband, satellite capacity inherited from AUSSAT, enterprise and government connectivity, IoT/M2M services, and consumer media. Its API posture is split in two. The only genuinely public, self-serve developer surface Optus operates is The Optus SMS Suite — an enterprise messaging platform white-labelled from New Zealand's Modica Group at sms.optus.com.au, which publishes open documentation, downloadable OpenAPI/Swagger definitions, a WSDL, delivery-receipt callbacks, and a free-trial signup. Everything else is partner-gated: the IoT Control Centre is a Cisco/Jasper platform behind a referral-coded starter kit, and Optus has no first-party network-API portal — developer.optus.com.au and api.optus.com.au resolve on Akamai but return HTTP 403 Access Denied. On network APIs Optus is a stated GSMA Open Gateway participant and an endorser of the Bridge Alliance API Exchange (BAEx), but as of this review no CAMARA API is callable from Optus directly; its route to developers runs through its parent Singtel's Paragon-powered BAEx and Aduna, not through anything Optus publishes itself.

Optus publishes 4 APIs on the APIs.io network, including SMS Suite REST API v1, SMS Suite SMS Gateway REST API v2, SMS Suite Campaign Manager API, and 1 more. Tagged areas include Telecommunications, Australia, Mobile Network Operator, Messaging, and SMS.

The Optus catalog on APIs.io includes 1 event-driven AsyncAPI specification.

Optus’ developer surface includes documentation, API reference, getting-started guide, signup flow, support, authentication, changelog, and 28 more developer resources.

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50.9/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 39/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-17 · rubric v0.11.0

10 APIs 1 MCP Servers

TelecommunicationsAustraliaMobile Network OperatorMessagingSMSMMSTwo-Factor AuthenticationNetwork APIsCAMARAOpen GatewayIoT5GBroadbandSatelliteEnterprise

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Composite quality — 50.9/100 · developing

Contract Quality 11.1 / 21

Developer Ergonomics 9.1 / 17

Commercial Clarity 8.5 / 17

Operational Transparency 6.4 / 11

Governance 2.1 / 10

Discoverability 6.1 / 9

Regulatory Posture 7.5 / 15

Agent readiness — 39/100 · agent ready

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

MCP Server 12 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8

Request/Response Examples 7 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 0 / 7

Typed Event Surface 6 / 6

Agent Skills 5 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

Regulatory Posture applies to this provider. Its tags matched the Telecommunications regime, so Regulatory Posture carries 15 points of the composite. If this regime is wrong for your business, say so on your provider repo — the applicability map is public and we will correct it.

The six quality facets above are damped to 85 points between them, because the conditional facet above carries the other 15. That is why each facet's contribution is shown against a damped maximum: raising a quality facet moves the composite by 85% of its nominal weight, not 100%. The full arithmetic is at apis.io/rating/.

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APIs 10

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

MCP Servers 1

Model Context Protocol servers that expose these APIs to AI agents.

Get Started 4

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

GettingStarted

GettingStarted

SignUp

SignUp

Login

Documentation 3

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation

Documentation

APIReference

APIReference

AsyncAPI

AsyncAPI

Agent Surfaces 4

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

MCPServer

AgentSkill

AgenticAccess

LLMsTxt

Design & Contract 6

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Conventions

ErrorCatalog

Lifecycle

Conformance

Webhooks

DataModel

Build 2

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

ToolCrosswalk

ToolCrosswalk

Packages

Packages

Access & Security 6

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

Authentication

Compliance

TrustCenter

Security

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 5

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

Support

HelpCenter

StatusPage

Deprecation

ChangeLog

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

TermsOfService

TermsOfService

PrivacyPolicy

PrivacyPolicy

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website

Website

LinkedIn

Other 1

Properties that don't map to a standard resource type

Wikipedia

Wikipedia

Source (apis.yml)

aid: optus
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/optus/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Optus
kind: company
description: 'Optus (Singtel Optus Pty Limited) is Australia''s second-largest telecommunications carrier, wholly owned by
  Singapore''s Singtel and headquartered in Macquarie Park, Sydney. It runs a national mobile network reaching over 99% of
  the Australian population, alongside NBN and cable broadband, satellite capacity inherited from AUSSAT, enterprise and government
  connectivity, IoT/M2M services, and consumer media. Its API posture is split in two. The only genuinely public, self-serve
  developer surface Optus operates is The Optus SMS Suite — an enterprise messaging platform white-labelled from New Zealand''s
  Modica Group at sms.optus.com.au, which publishes open documentation, downloadable OpenAPI/Swagger definitions, a WSDL,
  delivery-receipt callbacks, and a free-trial signup. Everything else is partner-gated: the IoT Control Centre is a Cisco/Jasper
  platform behind a referral-coded starter kit, and Optus has no first-party network-API portal — developer.optus.com.au and
  api.optus.com.au resolve on Akamai but return HTTP 403 Access Denied. On network APIs Optus is a stated GSMA Open Gateway
  participant and an endorser of the Bridge Alliance API Exchange (BAEx), but as of this review no CAMARA API is callable
  from Optus directly; its route to developers runs through its parent Singtel''s Paragon-powered BAEx and Aduna, not through
  anything Optus publishes itself.'
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
- Telecommunications
- Australia
- Mobile Network Operator
- Messaging
- SMS
- MMS
- Two-Factor Authentication
- Network APIs
- CAMARA
- Open Gateway
- IoT
- 5G
- Broadband
- Satellite
- Enterprise
created: '2026-07-25'
modified: '2026-07-25'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: optus:optus-sms-suite-rest-api-v1
  name: Optus SMS Suite REST API v1
  description: JSON REST API for sending single and bulk SMS from The Optus SMS Suite, including scheduled sends, broadcast
    to a list, and retrieval of a submitted message by 64-bit message ID. Authenticated with HTTP Basic credentials issued
    per application in the SMS Suite platform.
  humanURL: https://sms.optus.com.au/docs/en/integrations/messaging-apis/sms-apis/rest-v1/
  baseURL: https://api.sms.optus.com.au/rest/gateway
  tags:
  - SMS
  - Messaging
  - REST
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://sms.optus.com.au/docs/en/integrations/messaging-apis/sms-apis/rest-v1/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://sms.optus.com.au/docs/api/mobile-gateway-rest-v1.html
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/optus-sms-suite-rest-v1-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/optus-sms-suite-rest-v1-overlay.yaml
  - type: Webhooks
    url: https://sms.optus.com.au/docs/en/integrations/messaging-apis/sms-apis/rest-v1/
- aid: optus:optus-sms-suite-rest-api-v2
  name: Optus SMS Suite SMS Gateway REST API v2
  description: High-volume asynchronous SMS API using UUID-based message tracking, mandatory delivery-receipt (DLR) callbacks,
    and advanced scheduling. Requests are authenticated with HTTP Basic credentials passed in the Authorization header via
    the platform's GatewayAuthorizer scheme.
  humanURL: https://sms.optus.com.au/docs/en/integrations/api-documentation/rest-v2/
  baseURL: https://api.sms.optus.com.au/rest/sms/v2
  tags:
  - SMS
  - Messaging
  - REST
  - Webhooks
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://sms.optus.com.au/docs/en/integrations/api-documentation/rest-v2/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://sms.optus.com.au/docs/api/mobile-gateway-rest-v2.html
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/optus-sms-suite-rest-v2-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/optus-sms-suite-rest-v2-overlay.yaml
  - type: AsyncAPI
    url: asyncapi/optus-sms-suite-asyncapi.yml
  - type: Webhooks
    url: https://sms.optus.com.au/docs/en/integrations/api-documentation/rest-v2/
  - type: AgentSkill
    url: skills/optus-send-and-reconcile-sms.md
- aid: optus:optus-sms-suite-campaign-manager-api
  name: Optus SMS Suite Campaign Manager API
  description: REST API v1 for programmatic control of SMS marketing campaigns — creating and managing recipient lists, message
    templates, scheduled campaigns, and per-campaign reporting, scoped to a named SMS Suite application.
  humanURL: https://sms.optus.com.au/docs/en/integrations/messaging-apis/sms-apis/campaign-manager-api/
  baseURL: https://api.sms.optus.com.au/rest/campaign_manager/v1
  tags:
  - Campaigns
  - Messaging
  - Marketing
  - REST
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://sms.optus.com.au/docs/en/integrations/messaging-apis/sms-apis/campaign-manager-api/
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://sms.optus.com.au/docs/api/campaign-manager.html
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/optus-sms-suite-campaign-manager-openapi.yml
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/optus-sms-suite-campaign-manager-overlay.yaml
  - type: AgentSkill
    url: skills/optus-run-sms-campaign.md
- aid: optus:optus-sms-suite-health-monitoring-api
  name: Optus SMS Suite Health Monitoring API
  description: Unauthenticated status API returning near real-time availability for individual Optus SMS Suite services (rest,
    smpp, and others), polled every 60 seconds from an external, geographically distributed provider independent of the platform's
    own infrastructure.
  humanURL: https://sms.optus.com.au/docs/en/integrations/api-documentation/health-api/
  baseURL: https://api.sms.optus.com.au/rest/services/v1
  tags:
  - Status
  - Monitoring
  - Health
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://sms.optus.com.au/docs/en/integrations/api-documentation/health-api/
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/optus-sms-suite-status-openapi.json
  - type: Overlay
    url: overlays/optus-sms-suite-status-overlay.yaml
  - type: StatusPage
    url: https://status.sms.optus.com.au/
  - type: AgentSkill
    url: skills/optus-check-service-health.md
- aid: optus:optus-sms-suite-2fa-rest-api
  name: Optus SMS Suite 2FA REST API
  description: Hosted two-factor authentication API that creates an SMS one-time-code challenge for a mobile handset with
    POST /challenges and validates the user's entry with POST /responses, with customisable message copy, optional alphanumeric
    mask, and a configurable validity window. Authenticated with HTTP Basic. No published OpenAPI definition was found.
  humanURL: https://sms.optus.com.au/docs/en/integrations/messaging-apis/2fa/
  baseURL: https://api.sms.optus.com.au/rest/2fa
  tags:
  - Two-Factor Authentication
  - Identity
  - SMS
  - REST
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://sms.optus.com.au/docs/en/integrations/messaging-apis/2fa/
  - type: AgentSkill
    url: skills/optus-two-factor-authentication.md
- aid: optus:optus-sms-suite-rest-email-api
  name: Optus SMS Suite REST Email API
  description: Companion REST API to the SMS gateway for scheduling and sending plain-text transactional email over a separate
    endpoint, returning a 64-bit message ID for later retrieval and firing DLR callbacks when the email transport has sent
    the message. Plain text only — no HTML, rich text, or attachments. No published OpenAPI definition was found.
  humanURL: https://sms.optus.com.au/docs/en/integrations/api-documentation/rest-email/
  baseURL: https://api.sms.optus.com.au/rest/email/v1
  tags:
  - Email
  - Messaging
  - REST
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://sms.optus.com.au/docs/en/integrations/api-documentation/rest-email/
  - type: Webhooks
    url: https://sms.optus.com.au/docs/en/integrations/api-documentation/rest-email/
- aid: optus:optus-sms-suite-https-api
  name: Optus SMS Suite HTTPS API
  description: Legacy GET-based HTTPS interface for SMS integration, covering message sending, delivery receipts, and inbound
    (mobile-originated) message callbacks for systems that cannot build a JSON REST client. No published OpenAPI definition
    was found.
  humanURL: https://sms.optus.com.au/docs/en/integrations/messaging-apis/sms-apis/https/
  baseURL: https://api.sms.optus.com.au/message
  tags:
  - SMS
  - Messaging
  - HTTP
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://sms.optus.com.au/docs/en/integrations/messaging-apis/sms-apis/https/
  - type: Deprecation
    url: https://sms.optus.com.au/docs/en/integrations/messaging-apis/sms-apis/https/
  - type: Webhooks
    url: https://sms.optus.com.au/docs/en/integrations/messaging-apis/sms-apis/https/
- aid: optus:optus-sms-suite-soap-api
  name: Optus SMS Suite SOAP API
  description: WSDL-described SOAP interface for SMS integration supporting custom source addressing, message classification,
    and structured error handling, published for legacy enterprise middleware. The WSDL is served publicly and targets the
    namespace http://api.sms.optus.com.au/ModicaSoap.
  humanURL: https://sms.optus.com.au/docs/en/integrations/messaging-apis/sms-apis/soap/
  baseURL: https://api.sms.optus.com.au/ModicaSoap
  tags:
  - SMS
  - Messaging
  - SOAP
  - WSDL
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://sms.optus.com.au/docs/en/integrations/messaging-apis/sms-apis/soap/
  - type: WSDL
    url: https://api.sms.optus.com.au/ModicaSoap.wsdl
  - type: Deprecation
    url: https://sms.optus.com.au/docs/en/integrations/messaging-apis/sms-apis/soap/
  - type: Webhooks
    url: https://sms.optus.com.au/docs/en/integrations/messaging-apis/sms-apis/soap/
- aid: optus:optus-sms-suite-mms-mm7-api
  name: Optus SMS Suite MMS MM7 API
  description: Implementation of the 3GPP MM7 SOAP protocol for sending and receiving MMS, carrying text, image, audio, video,
    and SMIL content in multipart MIME requests to /mm7, with MO message and delivery-report callbacks acknowledged by SOAP
    responses. Authenticated with HTTP Basic.
  humanURL: https://sms.optus.com.au/docs/en/integrations/messaging-apis/mm7/
  baseURL: https://api.sms.optus.com.au/mm7
  tags:
  - MMS
  - Messaging
  - MM7
  - SOAP
  - 3GPP
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://sms.optus.com.au/docs/en/integrations/messaging-apis/mm7/
  - type: Webhooks
    url: https://sms.optus.com.au/docs/en/integrations/messaging-apis/mm7/
- aid: optus:optus-sms-suite-smpp-api
  name: Optus SMS Suite SMPP API
  description: Direct SMSC connectivity over SMPP 3.3 and 3.4 with mandatory TLS, offering high-throughput binary messaging,
    custom character encoding, and detailed delivery reporting. A wire protocol rather than an HTTP API — no OpenAPI definition
    exists or is expected.
  humanURL: https://sms.optus.com.au/docs/en/integrations/messaging-apis/sms-apis/smpp/
  tags:
  - SMS
  - Messaging
  - SMPP
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://sms.optus.com.au/docs/en/integrations/messaging-apis/sms-apis/smpp/
common:
- type: Website
  url: https://www.optus.com.au/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://sms.optus.com.au/docs/en/developer-docs/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://sms.optus.com.au/docs/en/developer-docs/
- type: APIReference
  url: https://sms.optus.com.au/docs/en/integrations/messaging-apis/
- type: GettingStarted
  url: https://sms.optus.com.au/docs/en/developer-getting-started/
- type: SignUp
  url: https://sms.optus.com.au/customer/online_signup
- type: Login
  url: https://sms.optus.com.au/login
- type: Support
  url: https://www.optus.com.au/business/contact-us
- type: HelpCenter
  url: https://sms.optus.com.au/docs/en/support-centre/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://www.optus.com.au/about/legal/standard-forms-agreement/business
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://www.optus.com.au/about/legal/privacy
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/optus-authentication.yml
- type: Conventions
  url: conventions/optus-conventions.yml
- type: ErrorCatalog
  url: errors/optus-error-codes.yml
- type: Lifecycle
  url: lifecycle/optus-lifecycle.yml
- type: StatusPage
  url: https://status.sms.optus.com.au/
- type: Deprecation
  url: lifecycle/optus-lifecycle.yml
- type: ChangeLog
  url: changelog/optus-changelog.yml
- type: Conformance
  url: conformance/optus-conformance.yml
- type: Compliance
  url: https://sms.optus.com.au/docs/en/solution-sheets/safe-secure/
- type: TrustCenter
  url: security/optus-trust-center.yml
- type: Security
  url: https://bugcrowd.com/optus-vdp-pro
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/optus-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/optus-domain-security.yml
- type: AsyncAPI
  url: asyncapi/optus-sms-suite-asyncapi.yml
- type: Webhooks
  url: asyncapi/optus-sms-suite-asyncapi.yml
- type: DataModel
  url: data-model/optus-data-model.yml
- type: MCPServer
  url: mcp/optus-mcp.yml
- type: ToolCrosswalk
  url: mcp/optus-tool-crosswalk.yml
- type: AgentSkill
  url: skills/_index.yml
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/optus-agentic-access.yml
- type: LLMsTxt
  url: llms/optus-llms.txt
- type: Packages
  url: packages/optus-packages.yml
- type: Integrations
  url: https://sms.optus.com.au/docs/en/integrations/business-integrations/
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/optus
- type: Wikipedia
  url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Optus
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