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Short code submission phases

Whether your business is acquiring a new short code or wants to migrate your existing one to a new short code provider, understanding the steps involved can make the process as painless as possible. To guide you as you navigate the short code process, we’ve put together a helpful chart that lays out the steps that your business, the carriers, and Bandwidth will undertake as you look to acquire, or migrate, a short code.

What you’ll learn

  • The steps your business needs to take to acquire or migrate a short code
  • Which areas of short code provisioning are the most complex and lengthy
  • Where Bandwidth steps in to help make the short code process easier