AWS – Applications using Amazon SNS to send SMS can now be hosted in four new regions

Customers that use Amazon Simple Notification Service (Amazon SNS) can now host their applications in Europe (Milan), Africa (Cape Town), Asia Pacific (Osaka), and AWS GovCloud (US-East) regions, and send text messages (SMS) to consumers in more than 200 countries and territories. Using Amazon SNS, customers can send a message directly to one phone number, or multiple phone numbers at once by subscribing those phone numbers to a topic and sending messages to the topic.

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