SMS · AfricaSMS pricing in Nigeria
SMS to Nigeria costs from $0.034 per message (indicative list rate, reviewed 2026-09-24) over 4 direct operators (MTN Nigeria, Airtel, Glo, 9mobile); sender IDs are registered with the NCC in 5-10 business days.
Across 4 direct operators · regulator NCC
How much does SMS to Nigeria cost?
SMS to Nigeria costs from $0.034 per message (indicative list rate, reviewed 2026-09-24) over 4 direct operators. Direct binds, registered sender IDs and NCC-approved routes. List-tier rates shown — Growth, Volume and Enterprise discounts apply automatically.
| Operator | Rate (USD per SMS) | Send window |
|---|---|---|
MTN Nigeria Direct bind · A2P registered | $ 0.0385 per SMS | — |
Airtel Direct bind · A2P registered | $ 0.0363 per SMS | — |
Glo Direct bind · A2P registered | $ 0.0340 per SMS | — |
9mobile Direct bind · A2P registered | $ 0.0340 per SMS | — |
- NCC sender ID registration via licensed local aggregator.
- White-listed senders only; one ID per use case per entity.
- English and Hausa scripts 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 Nigeria: routes, rules and timing.
The same operator, regulator and timing data as our Nigeria coverage page, so both pages always agree.
| Regulator | Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) |
|---|---|
| Operator routes | 4 · MTN Nigeria, Airtel, Glo, 9mobile |
| Sender-ID lead time | 5-10 business days |
| Typical OTP latency | 3.4 s |
| Mobile subscribers | 224M |
| Dialling code · MCC | +234 · 621 |
| Time to launch | Live in 5–15 business days from test-access request to production |
| Billing currencies | USD · NGN |
| Published SMS band | USD 0.025 – 0.05 |
SMS to Nigeria: common questions
Which operators carry SMS to Nigeria, and at what rate?
What does the SMS price include?
Do I need to register a sender ID in Nigeria?
How do I get test access for Nigeria?
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 | $ 0.0340 |
| Growth | 100K – 1M messages / month | −12% | $ 0.0299 |
| Volume | 1M – 5M messages / month | −26% | $ 0.0252 |
| Enterprise | 5M+ messages / month | −40% | $ 0.0204 |
More on Nigeria
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 Nigeria 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"}'