I would like to note that I have not received many responses to this email, but the one I did receive has confirmed that Netsapiens does support group MMS with both Bandwidth and Intelliquient. Anyone else support group MMS either as a carrier or software provider? On Wed, Feb 24, 2021 at 1:43 PM Colton Conor <colton.conor at gmail.com> wrote:
Which wholesale voip carriers successfully support Group Messaging? I know bandwidth.com does as they have a whole section about it on their webpage below. Does Intelliquient, Level3/ CenturyLink, Flowroute, Telnyx, Twilio, or other providers?
Note, this is different than just regular SMS or MMS support. I think most all carriers support SMS, some support MMS, and few support group MMS.
A better question is what softswitch, apps, or platforms support the MM4 or API of said wholesale carriers assuming they support Group messaging? For example, I think bandwidth supports the API/MM4 protocol, but they do not provide the end customer facing applications. They want you to hire a programmer to do this.
Broadsoft and Metaswitch don't support MMS to my knowledge as they are built on XMPP for chatting protocols. They support SMS, but not MMS nor group MMS to my knowledge. Netsapiens does not either, I believe. 2600hz only does SMS. Who else out there has native MMS support?
Group Messaging is characterized by an SMS conversation among 3 or more recipients at the same time. This is a many-to-many exchange of messages. Group messaging is typically sent as MMS messages. Bandwidth offers a ready-to-use API for Group Messaging besides the ability to send group messages over its MM4 platform. https://www.bandwidth.com/glossary/group-messaging/