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Date Published
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Sam Agnew
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889
Language
English
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Summary

Twilio Programmable Wireless SIM Card allows users to deploy and manage fleets of cellular connected devices, power connectivity for the Internet of Things, and enable highly customized communications use cases. However, due to Twilio's announcement that they will end support for Programmable Voice and SMS with the Programmable Wireless SIM on October 1, users can no longer use this tutorial to make native voice and SMS calls on a phone or tablet. The SIM card is not meant to be used as a replacement for a cell phone provider but rather as a tool for developers to help out friends or power IoT projects. To set up the Twilio Programmable Wireless SIM Card, users must first acquire and register a SIM card, select a rate plan with voice and messaging enabled, buy a Twilio phone number, and configure the SIM by pointing to the SIMs section of the Console, selecting the Programmable Voice & SMS tab, and clicking on the red + button. Users can then send text messages from their phone by replacing `YOUR_NUMBER_HERE` with their Twilio phone number in the TwiML template for routing messages as seen in an image. Similarly, users must replace `YOUR_NUMBER_HERE` with the phone number from the previous section to make phone calls and create another TwiML bin to receive SMS and make phone calls.