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Bandwidth

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Communications platform offering voice, messaging, and emergency APIs

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Bandwidth keeps filling in its global PSTN-replacement map while pushing into phone-number data.

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◆Current state
Bandwidth's release notes show two clear workstreams: a steady march of country-by-country PSTN replacement coverage (most recently Brazil, Mexico, and South Korea on the same day) and a build-out of phone-number data and reputation products. This is a genuine product changelog with consistent, if incremental, shipping.
◆Where it's heading
The connectivity side is a geographic land-grab — each release adds outbound calling and emergency services in another country toward 'full PSTN replacement.' Alongside it, Bandwidth is layering higher-value data products (Dynamic Number Intelligence, Number Reputation Management) and platform upgrades (Subscriptions v2) on top of the carrier base. The direction is global coverage plus a data layer on the numbers themselves.
◆Prediction
Expect the coverage list to keep expanding country by country, and continued investment in number-data products like DNI and reputation management. Subscriptions v2 hints at further webhook/event-platform hardening.

◆Recent moves

  1. 2d ago

    PSTN Replacement Coverage in Brazil

    Brazil gains national outbound calling and emergency services, completing full PSTN-replacement connectivity there — another square filled in the global coverage map.

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  2. 2d ago

    10DLC Registration Center – API Access

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  3. 2d ago

    PSTN Replacement Coverage in Mexico

    Mexico reaches full PSTN-replacement coverage with national outbound and emergency services, part of the same coordinated coverage push.

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  4. 2d ago

    PSTN Replacement Coverage in South Korea

    South Korea adds emergency services to complete PSTN-replacement connectivity; incremental geographic expansion consistent with the country-by-country pattern.

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  5. 1mo ago

    Introducing Subscriptions v2!

    Subscriptions v2 reworks the event-notification system with more notification options, stronger security, and greater flexibility — platform plumbing that supports the broader API surface.

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  6. 2mo ago

    PSTN Replacement Coverage in South Africa

    South Africa gains emergency services for full PSTN-replacement coverage; another incremental entry on the coverage map.

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