Communications
Communications industry articles: CPaaS trends, carrier and regulatory news, messaging channel comparisons (SMS, MMS, RCS, WhatsApp, voice), provider evaluations, and the future of how businesses connect with customers. The Signalmash team writes these to help readers understand the landscape before they commit to a platform or a strategy.
The 10DLC Registration Deadline is Approaching
August 8, 2023
Phone Numbers for as Low as $0.50: Signalmash Challenges Twilio, Bandwidth and Plivo
July 28, 2023
Winning the 2024 Elections: The Power of SMS and Phone Calls in Political Campaigns
July 25, 2023
What is a time-based one-time password (TOTP)?
December 6, 2022
Porting Phone Numbers
November 29, 2022
What Are DID Phone Numbers and How Do You Purchase Them?
September 7, 2022
Navigating Digital Communications in a Post-Pandemic World
August 24, 2022
The Hottest Trends in UCaaS for 2022
July 19, 2022
Enabling SMS & MMS into your app
July 6, 2022
Practical Ways CPaaS Technology Can Improve Your Business
June 28, 2022
What is a VoIP Network and How Does It Work?
May 18, 2022
Contact Center vs. Call Center: Here’s How to Choose
May 17, 2022
About this topic archive
Signalmash publishes on US business messaging and voice: 10DLC and toll-free registration, short codes, RCS, SIP trunking, Branded Caller ID and the carrier rules that sit behind all of them. Topic pages like this one group every article that touches a single subject so you can read the whole thread in order rather than piecing it together from the main blog index.
Articles here are written by the team that runs the platform, and are revised when carrier requirements or pricing change. Where a piece covers a live compliance process, it links to the underlying documentation so you can check the current rule yourself.
Start with the fundamentals
If you are new to the subject, these guides cover the ground most questions come back to: 10DLC registration, brand to campaign approval, choosing between short code, 10DLC and toll-free, and what A2P messaging compliance actually involves.
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