SMS · AfricaSMS pricing in Madagascar
SMS to Madagascar costs from $0.044 per message (indicative list rate, reviewed 2026-09-24) over 3 direct operators (Telma, Orange Madagascar, Airtel Madagascar); sender IDs are registered with the ARTEC in 10-14 business days.
Across 3 direct operators · regulator ARTEC
How much does SMS to Madagascar cost?
SMS to Madagascar costs from $0.044 per message (indicative list rate, reviewed 2026-09-24) over 3 direct operators. Direct binds, registered sender IDs and ARTEC-approved routes. List-tier rates shown — Growth, Volume and Enterprise discounts apply automatically.
| Operator | Rate (EUR per SMS) | Send window |
|---|---|---|
Telma Direct bind · A2P registered | € 0.0447 per SMS · $ 0.0486 USD | — |
Orange Madagascar Direct bind · A2P registered | € 0.0426 per SMS · $ 0.0463 USD | — |
Airtel Madagascar Direct bind · A2P registered | € 0.0405 per SMS · $ 0.0440 USD | — |
- ARTEC sender ID registration via operator.
- French and Malagasy 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 Madagascar: routes, rules and timing.
The same operator, regulator and timing data as our Madagascar coverage page, so both pages always agree.
| Regulator | Autorité de Régulation des Technologies de Communication (ARTEC) |
|---|---|
| Operator routes | 3 · Telma, Orange Madagascar, Airtel Madagascar |
| Sender-ID lead time | 10-14 business days |
| Typical OTP latency | 3.6 s |
| Mobile subscribers | 12M |
| Dialling code · MCC | +261 · 646 |
| Time to launch | Live in 11–19 business days from test-access request to production (set by the sender-ID lead time) |
| Billing currencies | EUR · USD |
| Published SMS band | EUR 0.035 – 0.06 |
SMS to Madagascar: common questions
Which operators carry SMS to Madagascar, and at what rate?
What does the SMS price include?
Do I need to register a sender ID in Madagascar?
How do I get test access for Madagascar?
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 | € 0.0405$ 0.0440 USD |
| Growth | 100K – 1M messages / month | −12% | € 0.0356$ 0.0387 USD |
| Volume | 1M – 5M messages / month | −26% | € 0.0300$ 0.0326 USD |
| Enterprise | 5M+ messages / month | −40% | € 0.0243$ 0.0264 USD |
More on Madagascar
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 Madagascar 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"}'