Soracom IoT SIM cards do support SMS messaging, however, the following restrictions apply:
As Soracom is an IoT platform SMS sending and receiving is limited to the following conditions for security:
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- Sending SMS from the User Console, Soracom API, or Soracom CLI to an IoT SIM.
- Sending SMS between IoT SIMs registered to the same Operator.
- Sending SMS from an IoT SIM to Soracom Beam, Funnel, Funk, or Harvest Data.
The following sending and receiving conditions are not supported:
- Sending SMS from an IoT SIM to a non-Soracom SIM device (such as a personal smartphone)
- Receiving SMS from a non-Soracom SIM device (such as a personal smartphone)
Additionally, some certain plans only support Mobile Terminated (MT) SMS, which is SMS delivered from Soracom to the device. For more information on SMS support for specific plans, please see our SIM Types documentation.
For more information on sending SMS messages with your IoT SIM card, please see our SMS & USSD documentation.