IPhone, iPad, Mac won't send pictures over iMessage

All my devices have suddenly started telling me iMessage delivery fails when I want to send images / videos over iMessage. 1st gen iPad mini, iPhone 5c, 2013 Macbook Air, all on most recent software updates.
I've tried turning off iMessage on all devices, restarting them all, and turning them on again, but it doesn't fix the issue.
While my contacts tell me that pictures and videos still go through, on my end it shows them as failed / undelivered. Same goes the other way, if someone sends me a picture, they will see on their end that it was "not delivered" and yet I receive the picture without problems.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Kind Regards,

HI Friend,
You must set the Cellular Data according (Settings>>General>>Cellular>>Cellular Data). Contact your carrier for further information.
Turn on Cellular Data, Roaming and 3G as well, even your carrier doesn't have 3G available.
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