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Twilio Reports SMS Delivery Issues to Telekom South Africa Customers

A subset of Twilio Long Codes experienced delivery delays and failures to Telekom network subscribers in South Africa; the incident has been resolved.

By The Downtime ยท Jun 24, 2026 ยท 5:15 AM ยท 1 min read

Twilio customers experienced SMS delivery delays and failures affecting a subset of Long Codes sending messages to Telekom network subscribers in South Africa. The company classified the incident as minor impact and has now resolved the issue.

Twilio is a cloud communications platform that enables businesses to send and receive SMS, voice, and other messages at scale. The service is widely used by enterprises and developers for customer notifications, authentication, and messaging workflows.

Twilio began investigating the issue after receiving reports of delivery problems. After identifying the root cause, the company worked to restore service. SMS delivery began recovering, and Twilio confirmed full resolution after monitoring showed normal operation across the affected Long Codes and Telekom network.

The incident has been fully resolved.

๐Ÿ•’ Live updates (7)

resolved Jun 22, 10:56 PM

The incident has been resolved and SMS delivery from a subset of Twilio Long Codes to Telekom network subscribers in South Africa is operating normally.

monitoring Jun 22, 8:01 PM

We have observed a recovery in SMS delivery from a subset of Twilio Long Codes to Telekom network subscribers in South Africa and are monitoring service stability. We will provide another update in 4 hours or as soon as more information becomes available.

monitoring Jun 22, 5:56 PM

We have observed a recovery in SMS delivery from a subset of Twilio Long Codes to Telekom network subscribers in South Africa and are monitoring service stability. We will provide another update in 2 hours or as soon as more information becomes available.

identified Jun 22, 1:54 PM

Twilio customers may be experiencing SMS delivery delays and failures from a subset of Twilio Long Codes to Telekom network subscribers in South Africa. Our team has identified the cause, and is working to resolve the issue. We will provide another update in 4 hours or as soon as more information becomes available.

identified Jun 22, 11:53 AM

Twilio customers may be experiencing SMS delivery delays and failures from a subset of Twilio Long Codes to Telekom network subscribers in South Africa. Our team has identified the cause, and is working to resolve the issue. We will provide another update in 2 hours or as soon as more information becomes available.

identified Jun 22, 10:53 AM

Twilio customers may be experiencing SMS delivery delays and failures from a subset of Twilio Long Codes to Telekom network subscribers in South Africa. Our team has identified the cause, and is working to resolve the issue. We will provide another update in 1 hour or as soon as more information becomes available.

investigating Jun 22, 10:52 AM

Twilio customers may be experiencing SMS delivery delays and failures from a subset of Twilio Long Codes to Telekom network subscribers in South Africa. Our team is actively investigating this issue. We will provide another update in 1 hour or as soon as more information becomes available.

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