A phone number for the texts that need to reach you.
Tether Mobile gives you a phone number that receives SMS and forwards each message to Email, Telegram, LINE or Discord. You read your texts in the apps you already use, wherever you have an internet connection.
SMS receiving and forwarding
What Tether Mobile does
- Gives you a phone number that receives SMS.
- Forwards each text to Email, Telegram, LINE or Discord.
- Works without a SIM card for you to install.
What personal plans don’t include
- Phone calls.
- Outgoing texts or replies.
- Mobile data.
Some services don’t send codes to virtual numbers, so check the service compatibility page before you rely on one.
Why Joey built Tether Mobile
Joey Kudish
Founder · Founded in 2025
Joey Kudish built Tether Mobile after years of living as a digital nomad between Thailand and Canada.
He kept missing 2FA codes, getting locked out of bank accounts and swapping SIM cards between countries. Tether Mobile sends those texts to the apps he already had open.
Joey is a software engineer and indie hacker, and runs Tether Mobile as a one‑person team.
“If I wanted to keep my plan back in Canada and use it here in Thailand, they would charge me 15 dollars per day to access my SMS messages.”
More from Joey
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jkudish.com
Joey’s personal site
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Agentsy
The design and AI engineering studio behind Tether Mobile
Keep Your Number Everywhere with Joey Kudish
Nomad Summit podcast · Episode 41 · Published
Hosts Palle Bo and Christoph Huebner talk with Joey, a software engineer, indie hacker and the founder of Tether Mobile. They discuss why people keep their old numbers, and how to receive critical SMS codes without paying roaming fees or juggling SIM cards.
Listen to episode 41Questions about Tether Mobile?
Questions? Email [email protected].