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Eli Rose
Eli Rose

Reputation: 6988

Can Twilio receive SMS from China?

Checking out the relevant guide page, I see that "Two-Way SMS" is marked "No".

What exactly does this mean? Does it mean that SMS numbers are not available in China? Does is mean that a U.S. Twilio number can't receive an SMS from China? Does it mean that the Sender ID will be modified when I send from my U.S. number to China?

Upvotes: 1

Views: 3132

Answers (1)

Andrew Tork Baker
Andrew Tork Baker

Reputation: 216

Twilio employee here.

You're right that we don't support two-way SMS in China currently, but you can use Twilio to purchase a Chinese phone number and use it to send SMS messages to Chinese mobile users.

Since our Chinese numbers are currently one way, the recipients of your messages will not be able to reply to them. So if you need to get some information back from your users, you might want to include a link in your message.

Note that our Chinese numbers are currently an "alpha" feature, so you will need to contact support to purchase one.

Upvotes: 3

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