SMS#

Receive text messages on your DIDWW numbers, send person-to-person (P2P) and application-to-person (A2P) SMS from your applications, and verify the Sender IDs used for A2P messaging.

Get started#

Learn how the SMS service works, then set up the trunk that delivers or sends your messages.

How SMS service works

Understand inbound and outbound message flows, SMS trunks, Sender IDs, and P2P and A2P messaging.

How SMS service works
SMS trunks

Compare the trunk types and choose how messages travel between DIDWW and your systems.

SMS trunks
Assign an SMS trunk

Assign a trunk or trunk group to your DID numbers to receive SMS.

Assign an SMS trunk

SMS trunks#

Receive SMS by email, over HTTP, or over SMPP, and send SMS from your applications.

SMS to Email trunk

Forward inbound SMS to an email address.

SMS to Email trunk
HTTP IN trunk

Forward inbound SMS to your HTTP endpoint.

HTTP IN trunk
HTTP OUT trunk

Send SMS from your application through the Outbound SMS API.

HTTP OUT trunk
SMPP ESME trunk

Connect your SMPP application to DIDWW to send and receive SMS.

SMPP ESME trunk
SMPP SMSC trunk

Let DIDWW connect to your SMSC to exchange SMS.

SMPP SMSC trunk
SMS trunk groups

Combine SMS trunks to provide failover for inbound SMS.

SMS trunk groups

Outbound SMS API#

Send single and bulk SMS over HTTPS and track the result of each message.

Outbound SMS API

Explore the API guides, references, and the Postman collection.

Outbound SMS API
Send your first SMS with the API

Submit a single message with cURL and check the result.

Send your first SMS with the API
Status callbacks and delivery receipts

Receive the processing result and the final delivery status of your messages.

Status callbacks and delivery receipts

Sender ID Verifications#

Verify the business and Sender IDs that you use for A2P messaging.

Sender ID Verifications

Register Sender IDs, provide business and messaging information, and track verification review.

Sender ID Verifications
How Sender ID Verification works

Understand Sender ID types, the verification lifecycle, and billing.

How Sender ID Verification works
Send an SMS using verified Sender ID

Send a message from the DIDWW User Panel with an active Sender ID Verification.

Send an SMS using verified Sender ID

References and monitoring#

SMS encoding reference

Look up GSM-7 and UCS-2 limits, concatenation, reassembly, and fragment billing.

SMS encoding reference
Inbound SMS Guidelines

Review delivery considerations and restrictions for inbound SMS.

Inbound SMS Guidelines
Inbound SMS logs

Review the messages received on your DID numbers.

Inbound SMS Logs
Outbound SMS logs

Review sent messages, their status, billed fragments, and charges.

Outbound SMS Logs