diff --git a/ofono-end-to-end/osmocom/openbsc.py b/ofono-end-to-end/osmocom/openbsc.py
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+# Copyright (C) 2012 Holger Hans Peter Freyther
+#
+# This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+# the Free Software Foundation, either version 2 of the License, or
+# (at your option) any later version.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#
+# You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+# along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+
+#
+# VTY helper code for OpenBSC
+#
+import socket
+
+class _VTYSocket(object):
+    def __init__(self, name, host, port):
+        self.name = name
+        self.host = host
+        self.port = port
+
+    def connectSendAndWait(self, request):
+	sck = socket.socket(socket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STREAM)
+	sck.setblocking(1)
+	sck.connect((self.host, self.port))
+	sck.recv(4096)
+
+        end = '\r\n%s> ' % self.name
+
+	# Now send the command
+	sck.send("%s\r" % request)
+	res = ""
+	while True:
+		data = sck.recv(4096)
+		res = "%s%s" % (res, data)
+		if res.endswith(end):
+			break
+        sck.close()
+        return res[len(request) + 2: -len(end)]
+
+class NITBSocket(object):
+    def __init__(self, host):
+        self.host = host
+
+    def _vty(self):
+        return _VTYSocket('OpenBSC', self.host, 4242)
+
+    def imsi_present(self, imsi):
+        res = self._vty().connectSendAndWait('show subscriber imsi %s' % imsi)
+        return not res.startswith('% No subscriber found for imsi ')
+
+    def extension(self, imsi):
+        if not self.imsi_present(imsi):
+            return None
+        res = self._vty().connectSendAndWait('show subscriber imsi %s' % imsi)
+        return res.split('\r\n')[3].split(': ')[1]