Can I send and receive text messages from landline phones?

Yes, the business name of the telecom landline is "Home Plus E"

"Jiajia E" is the unified brand name of China Telecom's short message sending and receiving, information subscription, information on demand and other services based on fixed telephone network. Users can use the "home plus e" special telephone after applying to the telecom company for opening.

Because telecom has no mobile service, it can only operate PHS, and PHS and mobile network have not yet realized SMS interconnection. The original "home plus e" service can only send short messages to PHS. Now PHS and mobile network have realized the short message interconnection, so it can also send short messages to mobile phones.