SMS · AfricaSMS pricing in Angola
SMS to Angola costs from $0.048 per message (indicative list rate, reviewed 2026-09-24) over 3 direct operators (Unitel, Movicel, Africell); sender IDs are registered with the INACOM in 10-14 business days.
Across 3 direct operators · regulator INACOM
How much does SMS to Angola cost?
SMS to Angola costs from $0.048 per message (indicative list rate, reviewed 2026-09-24) over 3 direct operators. Direct binds, registered sender IDs and INACOM-approved routes. List-tier rates shown — Growth, Volume and Enterprise discounts apply automatically.
| Operator | Rate (USD per SMS) | Send window |
|---|---|---|
Unitel Direct bind · A2P registered | $ 0.0526 per SMS | — |
Movicel Direct bind · A2P registered | $ 0.0503 per SMS | — |
Africell Direct bind · A2P registered | $ 0.0480 per SMS | — |
- INACOM sender ID registration via operator.
- Portuguese primary; English acceptable.
- Long messages (>160 GSM-7 chars) split into segments — billed per segment.
- Concatenation, Unicode and Latin all priced identically per segment.
- Delivery receipts (DLRs) included — no per-DLR fee.
SMS in Angola: routes, rules and timing.
The same operator, regulator and timing data as our Angola coverage page, so both pages always agree.
| Regulator | Instituto Angolano das Comunicações (INACOM) |
|---|---|
| Operator routes | 3 · Unitel, Movicel, Africell |
| Sender-ID lead time | 10-14 business days |
| Typical OTP latency | 3.6 s |
| Mobile subscribers | 24M |
| Dialling code · MCC | +244 · 631 |
| Time to launch | Live in 11–19 business days from test-access request to production (set by the sender-ID lead time) |
| Billing currencies | USD · EUR |
| Published SMS band | USD 0.04 – 0.065 |
SMS to Angola: common questions
Which operators carry SMS to Angola, and at what rate?
What does the SMS price include?
Do I need to register a sender ID in Angola?
How do I get test access for Angola?
Tiers upgrade automatically — the moment you cross the line.
Your effective rate is recalculated every billing cycle from the volume you sent that month. No paperwork, no renegotiation. Discounts apply automatically.
List rate. No commitment, no minimums.
Auto-applies on traffic above 100K/mo.
Includes monthly route review + Slack channel.
Direct operator pricing, signed SLAs, optional private cloud.
| Tier | Monthly volume | Discount | Effective rate (USD per SMS) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pay-as-you-go | 0 – 100K messages / month | List rate | $ 0.0480 |
| Growth | 100K – 1M messages / month | −12% | $ 0.0422 |
| Volume | 1M – 5M messages / month | −26% | $ 0.0355 |
| Enterprise | 5M+ messages / month | −40% | $ 0.0288 |
More on Angola
Above 1M / month, pricing becomes a conversation.
Per-country rate cards negotiated against your traffic mix, dedicated SMPP binds, named account management, signed delivery SLAs and optional on-premise or private-cloud deployment. Most quotes come back within two business days.
- Custom per-country rate cards
- Dedicated SMPP binds (capacity agreed per bind, up to 30,000 SMS/s per node)
- Named account manager + on-call engineer
- Signed delivery SLA — 99.99% uptime
- On-prem or private-cloud deployment
- Quarterly route review and benchmark
Launch SMS in Angola on approved routes.
Test access on request, with a reply within one business day. Live in 11–19 business days from test-access request to production (set by the sender-ID lead time). Billed in AED, SAR, USD, EUR or GBP.
$ curl -X POST https://api.broadnet.me/sms/sendSms -H "Authorization: Bearer $BROADNET_TOKEN" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{"senderId":"BroadNet","destinationNumber":"447700900123","message":"Hello from BroadNet","messageType":"TEXT"}'