SMS · AfricaSMS pricing in Cameroon
SMS to Cameroon costs from $0.038 per message (indicative list rate, reviewed 2026-09-24) over 3 direct operators (MTN Cameroon, Orange Cameroon, Camtel); sender IDs are registered with the ART in 7-14 business days.
Across 3 direct operators · regulator ART
How much does SMS to Cameroon cost?
SMS to Cameroon costs from $0.038 per message (indicative list rate, reviewed 2026-09-24) over 3 direct operators. Direct binds, registered sender IDs and ART-approved routes. List-tier rates shown — Growth, Volume and Enterprise discounts apply automatically.
| Operator | Rate (EUR per SMS) | Send window |
|---|---|---|
MTN Cameroon Direct bind · A2P registered | € 0.0393 per SMS · $ 0.0427 USD | — |
Orange Cameroon Direct bind · A2P registered | € 0.0371 per SMS · $ 0.0403 USD | — |
Camtel Direct bind · A2P registered | € 0.0350 per SMS · $ 0.0380 USD | — |
- ART sender ID registration via operator.
- French and English (bilingual market).
- 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 Cameroon: routes, rules and timing.
The same operator, regulator and timing data as our Cameroon coverage page, so both pages always agree.
| Regulator | Agence de Régulation des Télécommunications (ART) |
|---|---|
| Operator routes | 3 · MTN Cameroon, Orange Cameroon, Camtel |
| Sender-ID lead time | 7-14 business days |
| Typical OTP latency | 3.4 s |
| Mobile subscribers | 23M |
| Dialling code · MCC | +237 · 624 |
| Time to launch | Live in 8–19 business days from test-access request to production (set by the sender-ID lead time) |
| Billing currencies | EUR · USD |
| Published SMS band | EUR 0.03 – 0.055 |
SMS to Cameroon: common questions
Which operators carry SMS to Cameroon, and at what rate?
What does the SMS price include?
Do I need to register a sender ID in Cameroon?
How do I get test access for Cameroon?
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 (EUR per SMS) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pay-as-you-go | 0 – 100K messages / month | List rate | € 0.0350$ 0.0380 USD |
| Growth | 100K – 1M messages / month | −12% | € 0.0308$ 0.0334 USD |
| Volume | 1M – 5M messages / month | −26% | € 0.0259$ 0.0281 USD |
| Enterprise | 5M+ messages / month | −40% | € 0.0210$ 0.0228 USD |
More on Cameroon
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 Cameroon on approved routes.
Test access on request, with a reply within one business day. Live in 8–19 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"}'