Testing calls/texts to international numbers [closed]

Question

I have a web app that currently sends and receives SMSes in the US, and I'd like to add international support. I want to test sending texts to a few different countries (at least UK, Canada, and Mexico), but I don't have access to any phone numbers in those countries. This means that I can't attempt to send test messages and see the results. Is there such a thing as a "test number" that I can send texts to, and get a response or a report of what was received? Or is there any other standard way of doing this kind of testing? My system is built in PHP and uses Twilio to send messages, though I don't think I necessarily need to use either of those for testing.

The only solution I'm currently aware of (aside from making friends in those countries) would be to purchase Twilio numbers for those countries and configure them to log texts they receive. If there's a simpler solution that would be great.

Note: I've looked at Twilio's own test credentials and magic testing numbers. Those provide a partial solution -- at least I can test validation for my number formatting -- but I'd still like to see the real result my messages produce on a real phone (or at least a real phone number).

Answer 1

I suggest to try out telqtest.com

They provide international mobile test numbers to verify delivery of SMS messages, check content, sender ID, SMSC of a message etc. Not sure if they have all the countries which you need but their coverage expands frequently