This page is about which of our numbers are able to receive incoming SMS and how the messages can then be delivered to you.
We can't guarantee that incoming SMS will work, but where it does work we'll be able to send them on as an email, post to your own API or send on to your SIP2SIM device. Other numbers will be called and the SMS will be read out by an automated system. All of our VoIP customers are able to send SMS messages even if SMS can't be received.
On our Control Pages for incoming SMS you can enter email address for SMS to be sent to. Additional email headers may be present to specify fields such as User Data Header if present, etc. This is also the default if you do not put any incoming text handling in to the control pages, but you have an email address defined for the number.
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On our Control Pages for incoming SMS you put an entry starting http:// or https:// then we will attempt to send the text to you using HTTP (or HTTPS). If the URL ends with a ? or & then an HTTP GET is done with a set of form fields (i.e. name=value) containing information about the text. If the URL does not, then an HTTP POST is done using URL encoded form data
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If you have a SIP2SIM device and a SMS capable number (eg an 07 number), then we can deliver the SMS to the SIM as a normal SMS. There are costs involved with receiving SMS on a SIP2SIM.
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Numbers that we are unable to process the incoming SMS for digitally may receive the SMS via BTs 'voice text' system, an automated telephone call which will read out the message for you.
