Business phone line
Text-Enable a Business Phone Line or Text from a New Local Number
Unify your teams' text messages and voice calls by text-enabling your existing business phone line or text from a new 10-digit local number.


Text-enabled
Keep your existing business number or text-enable a landline.
Everyone knows your business number. There's no need switch, just submit a number hosting request to text-enable any number.
- Route your entire teams' texts and call through one phone number.
- Text-enable your existing business landline or VoIP number.
- Migrate your existing business phone number at no additional cost.
Local & toll-free 800 numbers
Get a new local phone number or text from a toll-free 800 phone number.
Local numbers matter. Flexibly text from a new 10-digit number with a local area code or broadcast from a toll-free 800 number.
- Select from lists of 10-digit numbers with local area codes.
- Text from an 800 number for larger broadcasts at scale.
- Change your MessageDesk SMS texting number any time.


Call forwarding
Unify your organization's text line and voice calls with call forwarding.
Texts and calls on separate lines? Forward incoming calls to your MessageDesk text line to any other phone number automatically.
- Forward calls to your MessageDesk text line to any number.
- See notifications when calls come in to your text line.
- Change your call forwarding number at any time.
Voice & text
Coming soon: team voice and call routing features.
We're bringing voice call features to MessageDesk. Unify your teams' texting and calls with a dialer, voicemail, and phone trees.
- Dial any number in-app from a computer or mobile device.
- Set up voicemail, phone trees and call routing.
- Unify texts and calls with one number and one inbox.

Additional business phone line resources.
Check out these additional business phone line resources.

Can You Text an Extension? | How to Text Phone Number Extensions
Learn how to text a number with an extension and text-enable a phone number.
Phone Line | 7 min. read

SMS Phone Number Guide | How to Choose Phone Numbers for SMS
Choosing SMS phone numbers: 10DLC, toll free numbers, virtual numbers (VoIP), & short codes.
Phone Line | 8 min. read

Text a Business | How to Get a Text Number for Business
Can your business text? Learn how to get a text number for your business or organization.
Phone Line | 9 min. read