SMS · AfricaSMS pricing in Senegal
SMS to Senegal costs from $0.038 per message (indicative list rate, reviewed 2026-09-24) over 3 direct operators (Sonatel (Orange), Free Sénégal, Expresso); sender IDs are registered with the ARTP in 7-10 business days.
Across 3 direct operators · regulator ARTP
How much does SMS to Senegal cost?
SMS to Senegal costs from $0.038 per message (indicative list rate, reviewed 2026-09-24) over 3 direct operators. Direct binds, registered sender IDs and ARTP-approved routes. List-tier rates shown — Growth, Volume and Enterprise discounts apply automatically.
| Operator | Rate (EUR per SMS) | Send window |
|---|---|---|
Sonatel (Orange) Direct bind · A2P registered | € 0.0381 per SMS · $ 0.0414 USD | — |
Free Sénégal Direct bind · A2P registered | € 0.0360 per SMS · $ 0.0391 USD | — |
Expresso Direct bind · A2P registered | € 0.0350 per SMS · $ 0.0380 USD | — |
- ARTP sender ID registration via operator.
- French primary; English and Wolof acceptable.
- 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 Senegal: routes, rules and timing.
The same operator, regulator and timing data as our Senegal coverage page, so both pages always agree.
| Regulator | Autorité de Régulation des Télécommunications et des Postes (ARTP) |
|---|---|
| Operator routes | 3 · Sonatel (Orange), Free Sénégal, Expresso |
| Sender-ID lead time | 7-10 business days |
| Typical OTP latency | 3.3 s |
| Mobile subscribers | 21M |
| Dialling code · MCC | +221 · 608 |
| Time to launch | Live in 5–15 business days from test-access request to production |
| Billing currencies | EUR · USD · XOF |
| Published SMS band | EUR 0.03 – 0.055 |
SMS to Senegal: common questions
Which operators carry SMS to Senegal, and at what rate?
What does the SMS price include?
Do I need to register a sender ID in Senegal?
How do I get test access for Senegal?
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 | € 0.0350$ 0.0380 USD |
| Growth | 100K – 1M messages / month | −12% | € 0.0308$ 0.0334 USD |
| Volume | 1M – 5M messages / month | −26% | € 0.0259$ 0.0281 USD |
| Enterprise | 5M+ messages / month | −40% | € 0.0210$ 0.0228 USD |
More on Senegal
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 Senegal 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"}'