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What is outbound SMS routing and how can I use it?

April 26, 2017outbound routing SMS

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What is outbound SMS routing and how can I use it?

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Outbound SMS routing refers to a process that is used to decide which SMS service provider connection will be used to send an SMS message. Outbound SMS routing is only relevant if more then one SMS service provider connections are available in your system and each SMS service provider connection can be used to pass messages to the mobile network. In this case you can setup outbound routing to achieve various goals. For example you can configure backup SMS routing, which means that out of two or more connections one connection will be used only for backup purposes. Another setup could be used to route messages to the appropriate connection based on telephone number prefix to save costs. This is called least cost routing. You can also use outbound routing to do load balancing to increase message throughput.