[stanleydrew]

(Disclosure: I work at Twilio.)

International SMS is a really nasty landscape. I know firsthand that it's very hard to put together an international SMS product that is anywhere near what we would consider reliable. I imagine if Google offered it, even more people would complain about its unreliability than are complaining about its current absence.

This is a problem that Twilio is actively trying to solve.

[calloc]

As a customer at T-Mobile I have issues sending text messages overseas, or even back to the US when I am in Europe that I completely understand this, and also understand why Google isn't implementing it.

[avner]

Thanks for the insight. It'd be interesting to know from a technical standpoint where the problems lie, if you don't mind providing a little detail.