# Beginner's guide (/en/realtime-media/rtm/beginners-guide)

> For AI agents: see the complete documentation index at [llms.txt](/llms.txt).

## What is Signaling? [#what-is-signaling]

Signaling provides a comprehensive suite of low-latency, high-concurrency, scalable, and highly-reliable real-time messaging and status synchronization solutions. Agora manages the infrastructure required for the real-time communication layer of your game, guaranteeing an SLA uptime of 99.95%. To facilitate user development and innovation, Agora offers a plethora of demo apps and open third-party API extensions.

Agora Signaling, built on extensive technical expertise and global network deployment, is diligently maintained by a team of seasoned product and R\&D professionals. By integrating Signaling into your game, you can leverage Agora's professional knowledge and operational expertise, ensuring swift access to dependable message and signal transmission, as well as real-time status synchronization data flow networks. This approach allows you to bypass the high costs and potential risks associated with self-development, operation, and maintenance.

## Applications [#applications]

Signaling is widely used by more than 3000 customers in the following fields:

* Metaverse
* Interactive gaming
* Online education
* E-commerce retail
* Interactive live broadcast
* Collaboration
* IoT and smart devices
* Telemedicine
* Transportation and location tracking
* Fintech
* Parallel control
* Smart city

To learn more about specific use-cases, [contact](mailto\:rtm-support@agora.io) the Agora Signaling team.

## Getting started [#getting-started]

To create and set up a project for Signaling in Agora Console, see [Agora account management](./manage-agora-account.md). Browse the following documents to get started with Signaling:

* [SDK quickstart](./index.mdx)
* [Message channels](./build/work-with-channels/message-channel.mdx)
* [Stream channels](./build/work-with-channels/stream-channel.mdx)
* [API reference](/en/api-reference/api-ref/signaling)
* [Pricing](./reference/pricing.md)