Saudi Arabia SMS Features and Restrictions Saudi Arabia SMS Features and Restrictions

Saudi Arabia SMS Features and Restrictions

Carl Swain

Country Summary

Country Name Saudi Arabia
ISO SA
Country Code 966
Region Middle East
MCC (Mobile country code) 420

 

Sender ID Guidelines

Alphanumeric Sender ID

*Pre-Registration is mandatory 
Numeric Sender ID Numeric sender IDs are not supported unless offered by Vonage's 2-way service.
Generic Sender ID Generic sender IDs such as INFO, SMS, NOTICE etc are prohibited.

 

*To initiate the Sender ID registration process, please check Global Sender ID Portal or contact your account manager or support

 

Use-Case & Content Guidelines

Marketing Traffic

*Sender ID Pre-registration is mandatory. Marketing traffic is allowed (apart from Mobily) but your registered sender ID must have the suffix '-AD' at the end, and is included as part of the maximum 11 digit length allowed (e.g. Vonage-AD). If you are sending non-marketing traffic as well, you will need to register 2 sender IDs (one for marketing and one for non-marketing).

 

The operator Mobily have themselves suspended marketing traffic until further notice, it will not be possible for anyone to send such messages at this time.

 

Additionally, marketing traffic must only be sent between the hours of 8am to 10pm local time (UTC +3).

 

Before sending any marketing traffic, opt-in consent is required from handset users.
URL content Any URL included in messages must also be registered along with sender ID registration, and should match the brand name. Additionally, shortened URLs are not permitted. If additional URLs are required in future, these may also need separate registration.

 

Additional Information

P2P traffic is prohibited.

No political, religious, unsolicited promotion, or gambling content.

There are no additional content restrictions beyond those in our Acceptable Use Policy.

 

 

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