SMS · MENASMS pricing in Egypt
SMS to Egypt costs from $0.028 per message (indicative list rate, reviewed 2026-09-24) over 4 direct operators (Vodafone Egypt, Orange Egypt, e& Egypt, WE (Telecom Egypt)); sender IDs are registered with the NTRA in 7-14 business days.
Across 4 direct operators · regulator NTRA
How much does SMS to Egypt cost?
SMS to Egypt costs from $0.028 per message (indicative list rate, reviewed 2026-09-24) over 4 direct operators. Direct binds, registered sender IDs and NTRA-approved routes. List-tier rates shown — Growth, Volume and Enterprise discounts apply automatically.
| Operator | Rate (USD per SMS) | Send window |
|---|---|---|
Vodafone Egypt Direct bind · A2P registered | $ 0.0300 per SMS | — |
Orange Egypt Direct bind · A2P registered | $ 0.0320 per SMS | — |
e& Egypt Direct bind · A2P registered | $ 0.0280 per SMS | — |
WE (Telecom Egypt) Direct bind · A2P registered | $ 0.0350 per SMS | — |
- Licensed routes only — NTRA pre-approval mandatory.
- Arabic + Latin sender IDs supported.
- Billed in USD by default; EGP available on request.
- 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 Egypt: routes, rules and timing.
The same operator, regulator and timing data as our Egypt coverage page, so both pages always agree.
| Regulator | National Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (NTRA) |
|---|---|
| Operator routes | 4 · Vodafone Egypt, Orange Egypt, e& Egypt, WE (Telecom Egypt) |
| Sender-ID lead time | 7-14 business days |
| Typical OTP latency | 3.4 s |
| Mobile subscribers | 106M |
| Dialling code · MCC | +20 · 602 |
| 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 · EGP · AED |
| Published SMS band | USD 0.028 – 0.035 |
SMS to Egypt: common questions
Which operators carry SMS to Egypt, and at what rate?
What does the SMS price include?
Do I need to register a sender ID in Egypt?
How do I get test access for Egypt?
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 | $ 0.0280 |
| Growth | 100K – 1M messages / month | −12% | $ 0.0246 |
| Volume | 1M – 5M messages / month | −26% | $ 0.0207 |
| Enterprise | 5M+ messages / month | −40% | $ 0.0168 |
More on Egypt
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 Egypt 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"}'