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Where can I find a list of carriers strings returned by Twilio's carrier lookup?

I am starting to test Twilio's carrier lookup API (with Python) and I get a dictionary return as below: print(phone_number.carrier)

{'name': '**Sprint Spectrum, L.P**.', 'mobile_network_code': '880','mobile_country_code': '311', 'error_code': None, 'type': 'mobile'}

Here are some other carrier strings I have had returned:

'Verizon Wireless'
'T-Mobile USA, Inc.'
'Cricket Wireless - ATT - SVR'
'T-Mobile USA, Inc.'
'AT&T Wireless'

I have these questions:

  1. Can anyone point me to a comprehensive list of possible carriers? So far the closest I have found is here: https://support.twilio.com/hc/en-us/articles/223182088-What-carriers-are-supported-on-Twilio-short-codes- but this is insuficient because I would like the exact strings that would be passed back for the carrier name, and I would like to know if Twilio provides a comprehensive carrier lookup list that includes some of the smaller carriers such as cingular...see below example list of gateways: https://www.textsendr.com/emailsms.php

  2. Does anyone know how to get the EMAIL-to-SMS gateway information (For example, for 'Sprint Spectrum, L.P.' it is "[email protected]").

Thanks and regards, Doug

Solution

  • I got this response back from Twilio support: "I'm afraid we don't offer the option to list carriers beforehand. And you are right, we don't include gateway information. "