SMS · AfricaSMS pricing in Mozambique
SMS to Mozambique costs from $0.044 per message (indicative list rate, reviewed 2026-09-24) over 3 direct operators (Vodacom Mozambique, mCel, Movitel); sender IDs are registered with the INCM in 10-14 business days.
Across 3 direct operators · regulator INCM
How much does SMS to Mozambique cost?
SMS to Mozambique costs from $0.044 per message (indicative list rate, reviewed 2026-09-24) over 3 direct operators. Direct binds, registered sender IDs and INCM-approved routes. List-tier rates shown — Growth, Volume and Enterprise discounts apply automatically.
| Operator | Rate (USD per SMS) | Send window |
|---|---|---|
Vodacom Mozambique Direct bind · A2P registered | $ 0.0486 per SMS | — |
mCel Direct bind · A2P registered | $ 0.0463 per SMS | — |
Movitel Direct bind · A2P registered | $ 0.0440 per SMS | — |
- INCM sender ID registration via operator.
- Portuguese primary.
- 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 Mozambique: routes, rules and timing.
The same operator, regulator and timing data as our Mozambique coverage page, so both pages always agree.
| Regulator | Instituto Nacional das Comunicações de Moçambique (INCM) |
|---|---|
| Operator routes | 3 · Vodacom Mozambique, mCel, Movitel |
| Sender-ID lead time | 10-14 business days |
| Typical OTP latency | 3.5 s |
| Mobile subscribers | 16M |
| Dialling code · MCC | +258 · 643 |
| Time to launch | Live in 11–19 business days from test-access request to production (set by the sender-ID lead time) |
| Billing currencies | USD · EUR |
| Published SMS band | USD 0.035 – 0.06 |
SMS to Mozambique: common questions
Which operators carry SMS to Mozambique, and at what rate?
What does the SMS price include?
Do I need to register a sender ID in Mozambique?
How do I get test access for Mozambique?
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 | $ 0.0440 |
| Growth | 100K – 1M messages / month | −12% | $ 0.0387 |
| Volume | 1M – 5M messages / month | −26% | $ 0.0326 |
| Enterprise | 5M+ messages / month | −40% | $ 0.0264 |
More on Mozambique
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 Mozambique 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"}'