Please note that even though a carrier is supported, short code messaging capabilities may not be enabled for all end users' plans.
United States
Twilio's US short codes can deliver SMS messages to the following mobile phone carriers in the United States:
Major carriers: AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint, and T-Mobile USA.
Minor carriers:
| Indigo Wireless |
| MetroPCS |
| Bluegrass Cellular |
| Illinois Valley Cellular |
| Viaero Wireless |
| Pine Belt |
| GCI Communications |
| Nex Tech Communications |
| Shelcomm |
| Duet Wireless |
| Inland Cellular |
| James Valley Cellular (JVC) |
| Standing Rock Telecom |
| Cross Wireless |
| Northwest Missouri Cellular |
| Alaska Communications Systems (ACS) |
| Thumb Cellular |
| Carolina West Wireless |
| Union Telephone |
| MTPCS Cellular One (Cellone Nation) |
| Cordova |
| Copper Valley Telecom |
| ASTAC |
| Rural Independent Network Alliance (RINA) |
| West Central Wireless |
| Chat Mobility |
| SouthernLINC |
| Panhandle Wireless |
| Cellcom |
| Truphone |
| Google Voice |
| United Wireless |
| bandwidth.com (includes Republic Wireless) |
| Altice Mobile |
| Atlantic Tele-Network International (ATNI) |
| Brightlink |
| Inteliquent |
| Aerialink |
| Blue Wireless |
| Chariton Valley Cellular |
| Digital Communications Consulting |
| TextMe |
| Pioneer Cellular |
| East Kentucky Network (Appalachian Wireless) |
| Limitless Mobile |
| Cellular One of N.E. Arizona |
| Nemont US UMTS |
| Nemont CDMA |
| MTA Wireless/Matanuska Kenai |
| Pine Cellular |
| Triangle Wireless |
| Telnyx |
| Enflick |
| C Spire Wireless (aka Cellular South) |
| Virgin Mobile |
| Boost Mobile |
| United States Cellular Corp |
MMS-enabled US short codes are able to deliver MMS messages to the following mobile phone carriers: AT&T, Verizon Wireless, Sprint, and T-Mobile. Newer short codes can also deliver MMS on US Cellular, please check with support to see if it is supported on your short code.
Puerto Rico: Local Puerto Rico carriers Claro and PR Wireless are not reachable using short codes. Puerto Rico users on AT&T, T-Mobile or Sprint may receive short code SMS from a US short code, however delivery is not guaranteed. Short code SMS to Verizon is not supported in Puerto Rico.
Deprecated carriers: The following carriers have recently been deprecated industry-wide. Nextel was purchased by Sprint in 2008 and the Nextel services were deprecated in 2013. Nextel customers are now Sprint or Boost customers. The remaining parts of Alltel (Allied Wireless) were purchased by AT&T in 2013 and were brought completely under the AT&T brand in 2015. Cincinnati Bell Wireless ceased offering short code provisioning in February 2015 and all short codes that were previously live on CBW have been deprovisioned on that carrier.
United Kingdom
Twilio's UK short codes can deliver SMS messages to the following mobile phone carriers in the United Kingdom: Vodafone, O2, T-Mobile, Orange, Virgin Mobile, Three, Everything Everywhere, C&W Guernsey, and Manx Telecom.
Canada
Twilio's Canadian short codes can deliver SMS messages to the following mobile phone carriers in Canada: Bell (including NorthernTel, Solo Mobile, and Telebec), Fido, Freedom Mobile, MTS, Rogers, SaskTel, Telus (including Koodo Mobile and Public Mobile), Videotron, Virgin Mobile, and Wind.
If you have questions about a specific carrier not on this list, please contact us for more information.