SMS · LATAMSMS pricing in Ecuador
SMS to Ecuador costs from $0.038 per message (indicative list rate, reviewed 2026-09-24) over 3 direct operators (Claro Ecuador, Movistar Ecuador, CNT EP); sender IDs are registered with the ARCOTEL in 7-14 business days.
Across 3 direct operators · regulator ARCOTEL
How much does SMS to Ecuador cost?
SMS to Ecuador costs from $0.038 per message (indicative list rate, reviewed 2026-09-24) over 3 direct operators. Direct binds, registered sender IDs and ARCOTEL-approved routes. List-tier rates shown — Growth, Volume and Enterprise discounts apply automatically.
| Operator | Rate (USD per SMS) | Send window |
|---|---|---|
Claro Ecuador Direct bind · A2P registered | $ 0.0427 per SMS | — |
Movistar Ecuador Direct bind · A2P registered | $ 0.0404 per SMS | — |
CNT EP Direct bind · A2P registered | $ 0.0380 per SMS | — |
- ARCOTEL + operator sender ID registration.
- Spanish supported.
- 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 Ecuador: routes, rules and timing.
The same operator, regulator and timing data as our Ecuador coverage page, so both pages always agree.
| Regulator | Agencia de Regulación y Control de las Telecomunicaciones (ARCOTEL) |
|---|---|
| Operator routes | 3 · Claro Ecuador, Movistar Ecuador, CNT EP |
| Sender-ID lead time | 7-14 business days |
| Typical OTP latency | 3.2 s |
| Mobile subscribers | 16M |
| Dialling code · MCC | +593 · 740 |
| Time to launch | Live in 8–19 business days from test-access request to production (set by the sender-ID lead time) |
| Billing currencies | USD |
| Published SMS band | USD 0.03 – 0.05 |
SMS to Ecuador: common questions
Which operators carry SMS to Ecuador, and at what rate?
What does the SMS price include?
Do I need to register a sender ID in Ecuador?
How do I get test access for Ecuador?
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 | $ 0.0380 |
| Growth | 100K – 1M messages / month | −12% | $ 0.0334 |
| Volume | 1M – 5M messages / month | −26% | $ 0.0281 |
| Enterprise | 5M+ messages / month | −40% | $ 0.0228 |
More on Ecuador
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 Ecuador 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"}'