SMS · EuropeSMS pricing in France
SMS to France costs from $0.075 per message (indicative list rate, reviewed 2026-09-24) over 4 direct operators (Orange France, SFR, Bouygues Telecom, Free Mobile); sender IDs are registered with the ARCEP in 5-10 business days (alphanumeric).
Across 4 direct operators · regulator ARCEP
How much does SMS to France cost?
SMS to France costs from $0.075 per message (indicative list rate, reviewed 2026-09-24) over 4 direct operators. Direct binds, registered sender IDs and ARCEP-approved routes. List-tier rates shown — Growth, Volume and Enterprise discounts apply automatically.
| Operator | Rate (EUR per SMS) | Send window |
|---|---|---|
Orange France Direct bind · A2P registered | € 0.0751 per SMS · $ 0.0816 USD | — |
SFR Direct bind · A2P registered | € 0.0731 per SMS · $ 0.0795 USD | — |
Bouygues Telecom Direct bind · A2P registered | € 0.0710 per SMS · $ 0.0772 USD | — |
Free Mobile Direct bind · A2P registered | € 0.0690 per SMS · $ 0.0750 USD | — |
- Alphanumeric sender IDs require registration with operator (and 33700 anti-spam).
- French STOP keyword mandatory for promotional.
- 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 France: routes, rules and timing.
The same operator, regulator and timing data as our France coverage page, so both pages always agree.
| Regulator | Autorité de Régulation des Communications Électroniques et des Postes (ARCEP) |
|---|---|
| Operator routes | 4 · Orange France, SFR, Bouygues Telecom, Free Mobile |
| Sender-ID lead time | 5-10 business days (alphanumeric) |
| Typical OTP latency | 2.35 s |
| Mobile subscribers | 78M |
| Dialling code · MCC | +33 · 208 |
| Time to launch | Live in 5–15 business days from test-access request to production |
| Billing currencies | EUR · USD |
| Published SMS band | EUR 0.065 – 0.085 |
SMS to France: common questions
Which operators carry SMS to France, and at what rate?
What does the SMS price include?
Do I need to register a sender ID in France?
How do I get test access for France?
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 | € 0.0690$ 0.0750 USD |
| Growth | 100K – 1M messages / month | −12% | € 0.0607$ 0.0660 USD |
| Volume | 1M – 5M messages / month | −26% | € 0.0511$ 0.0555 USD |
| Enterprise | 5M+ messages / month | −40% | € 0.0414$ 0.0450 USD |
More on France
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 France on approved routes.
Test access on request, with a reply within one business day. Live in 5–15 business days from test-access request to production. 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"}'