Can't send text to one i-phone person

I have a 4-S and whenever I try to send a text to this one number, the number comes up green (instead of blue or black) and the message doesn't complete and below, in red, it says "Not Delivered"  Any thoughts?  Any way I can fix this?

We had this problem. AT&T kept sending us to Apple and vice versa. I could not text my son, and he could not text me or one other person that he had been able to text prior to purchasing a newer model iPhone. This went on for months and none of the online advice or setting changes helped.
Finally after trying everything, even exchanging his iphone and still having the problem, a great customer service person at A&TT double checked his account and told me his plan did not have the regular AT&T messaging (and this could apply to any mobile provider).  And he had been told by another customer service person that he did have it. But he was actually using iMessaging, which sends emails/data via the Internet. And while I had an iphone it was older so I did not have iMessaging.
Thus messages could not sent between us. 
Once the regular messaging was implemented (or possibly just reinstated) by the carrier....no problem. He was able to text both me and his friend.  So if you are having this problem it might be worth looking into. When upgrading or purchasing new phones especially, something on your original plan can easily get messed up.

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