SMS · AsiaSMS pricing in the Philippines
SMS to the Philippines costs from $0.008 per message (indicative list rate, reviewed 2026-09-24) over 3 direct operators (Smart Communications, Globe Telecom, DITO Telecommunity); sender IDs are registered with the NTC in 5-10 business days.
Across 3 direct operators · regulator NTC
How much does SMS to the Philippines cost?
SMS to the Philippines costs from $0.008 per message (indicative list rate, reviewed 2026-09-24) over 3 direct operators. Direct binds, registered sender IDs and NTC-approved routes. List-tier rates shown — Growth, Volume and Enterprise discounts apply automatically.
| Operator | Rate (PHP per SMS) | Send window |
|---|---|---|
Smart Communications Direct bind · A2P registered | ₱ 0.4520 per SMS · $ 0.0080 USD | — |
Globe Telecom Direct bind · A2P registered | ₱ 0.4520 per SMS · $ 0.0080 USD | — |
DITO Telecommunity Direct bind · A2P registered | ₱ 0.4972 per SMS · $ 0.0088 USD | — |
- SIM Registration Act (RA 11934) requires registered originating identity.
- Alphanumeric sender IDs supported with prior operator approval.
- Pre-approval lead times typically 5–10 business days per operator.
- 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 the Philippines: routes, rules and timing.
The same operator, regulator and timing data as our Philippines coverage page, so both pages always agree.
| Regulator | National Telecommunications Commission (NTC) |
|---|---|
| Operator routes | 3 · Smart Communications, Globe Telecom, DITO Telecommunity |
| Sender-ID lead time | 5-10 business days |
| Typical OTP latency | 3.3 s |
| Mobile subscribers | 165M |
| Dialling code · MCC | +63 · 515 |
| Time to launch | Live in 5–15 business days from test-access request to production |
| Billing currencies | USD · PHP |
| Published SMS band | USD 0.008 – 0.0088 |
SMS to the Philippines: common questions
Which operators carry SMS to the Philippines, and at what rate?
What does the SMS price include?
Do I need to register a sender ID in the Philippines?
How do I get test access for the Philippines?
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 (PHP per SMS) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pay-as-you-go | 0 – 100K messages / month | List rate | ₱ 0.4520$ 0.0080 USD |
| Growth | 100K – 1M messages / month | −12% | ₱ 0.3978$ 0.0070 USD |
| Volume | 1M – 5M messages / month | −26% | ₱ 0.3345$ 0.0059 USD |
| Enterprise | 5M+ messages / month | −40% | ₱ 0.2712$ 0.0048 USD |
More on Philippines
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 the Philippines 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"}'