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amazon aws sns, sms option not available?

I'm trying to use the amazon AWS to send a text message to my phone. In particular, I'm using the SNS service and got stuck in the process of creating a new subscription.

In the online tutorial they see this: SMS available in the drop-down menu

How come I see this? SMS not available in the drop-down menu

Sorry my screenshot won't work while in the drop-down menu, so I took a ghetto picture with my phone.

Any ideas?

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Evan Pu Avatar asked Feb 22 '14 19:02

Evan Pu


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2 Answers

never mind... apparently SMS only works on us-east region, you need to change the region from the sns management page. All seem normal now.

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Evan Pu Avatar answered Oct 05 '22 04:10

Evan Pu


For other people that have this problem http://aws.amazon.com/sns/faqs/ -> SMS Related Questions section. It was very helpful for me.

"Q: Does Amazon SNS currently support notification delivery to international phone numbers? Currently Amazon SNS will only accept US phone numbers as valid subscription end-points."

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Magda Avatar answered Oct 05 '22 05:10

Magda