A consumer that enters into an agreement with a Carrier. Once executed, the agreement requires the Carrier to provide wireless telecommunications services to the consumer.
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MSISDN (Mobile Subscriber Integrated Services Digital Network number) is the term used to describe a mobile number in an international format. It is one of the most important numbers for identifying a mobile subscriber. An MSISDN consists of 3 parts:
Country Code – this specifies what country the MSISDN is from. For example a UK MSISDN would have the country code +44 while a US MSISDN would have the country code +1.
National Destination Code (NDC) – this forms the second part of the MSISDN and is three digits long in the North American Numbering Plan.
Subscriber Number (SN) – this is the dialled number required to reach a mobile network customer.
Despite the fact that the MSISDN is equivalent to a phone number, it is not a direct mapping to a mobile handset. In fact, it doesn’t even map directly to the SIM card. An MSISDN allows a Short Message Service Centre (SMSC) to determine the country and mobile operator a subscriber number belongs to. From there, the SMSC can query the mobile operator’s HLR (Home Location Register) for information used to route the SMS to the handset.
Using MSISDNs in Sinch APIs
MSISDNs are integral to using our APIs to send and receive messages:
SMS API
Conversation API
RCS API
In our APIs, MSISDNs must be between 7 and 18 digits in length and in international format:
MSISDNs can be sent in with or without a leading + (so therefore, +123456789 or 123456789 are both valid) or with a leading 00. Any space, dash or bracket will also be ignored by the API.
All MSISDNs returned by the REST API will be without a + or 00 prefix, even if they were sent in with one.
Take a look at the Sinch SMS Product page to learn more about our SMS products, or click here to sign up to our self-service portal and get started today.
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SMS and/or MMS message sent to a handset but does not include advertisements delivered on WAP sites, or advertisements delivered into mobile games.
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Mobile marketing is marketing delivered on, or to a mobile device, such as a mobile phone, smartphone or tablet. Mobile marketing takes advantage of the native features of the mobile device, such as location services, portability, timeliness and personalization. Mobile marketing can be delivered in several forms to the mobile device including mobile-optimized web ads, SMS, MMS and OTT, which encompasses push notifications and in-app messaging.
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A form of advertising that is communicated to the consumer/target via a handset. This type of advertising is most commonly seen as a Mobile Web Banner (top of page), Mobile Web Poster (bottom of page banner), and full screen interstitial, which appears while a requested mobile web page is “loading.” Other forms of this type of advertising are SMS and MMS ads, mobile gaming ads, and mobile video ads (pre, mid and post roll).
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An SMS sent from a mobile handset to an application is referred to as an MO message. The term describes the process and flow of a handset sending a short message submission to its home network SMSC utilizing the mo-ForwardSM transaction, which will store and forward to the destination mobile number or short code. In the case of a short code or A2P long number, the SMSC will pass the message to the aggregator, and the aggregator will pass it onto the enterprise who has leased that number. An acknowledgement (delivery notification) is also sent back to the originating handset once the message is delivered to the enterprise.
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Mobile Number Portability (MNP) is an inter-operator process (usually imposed by country regulators) to allow mobile subscribers to retain their mobile number when switching from one mobile operator to another. For the vast majority of routes, Sinch is able to do a number lookup from a database or HLR to determine their home network and route the message through to the appropriate operator to successfully deliver the message.
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A Mobile Network Operator (MNO) is typically a company that provides people with a mobile or wireless telephony service. At Sinch we refer to these companies universally as operators, but they are also known as wireless carriers or just carriers.
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