SMS · AfricaSMS pricing in Uganda
SMS to Uganda costs from $0.034 per message (indicative list rate, reviewed 2026-09-24) over 3 direct operators (MTN Uganda, Airtel Uganda, Lycamobile UG); sender IDs are registered with the UCC in 5-10 business days.
Across 3 direct operators · regulator UCC
How much does SMS to Uganda cost?
SMS to Uganda costs from $0.034 per message (indicative list rate, reviewed 2026-09-24) over 3 direct operators. Direct binds, registered sender IDs and UCC-approved routes. List-tier rates shown — Growth, Volume and Enterprise discounts apply automatically.
| Operator | Rate (USD per SMS) | Send window |
|---|---|---|
MTN Uganda Direct bind · A2P registered | $ 0.0385 per SMS | — |
Airtel Uganda Direct bind · A2P registered | $ 0.0363 per SMS | — |
Lycamobile UG Direct bind · A2P registered | $ 0.0340 per SMS | — |
- UCC sender ID registration via the operator.
- English and Swahili 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 Uganda: routes, rules and timing.
The same operator, regulator and timing data as our Uganda coverage page, so both pages always agree.
| Regulator | Uganda Communications Commission (UCC) |
|---|---|
| Operator routes | 3 · MTN Uganda, Airtel Uganda, Lycamobile UG |
| Sender-ID lead time | 5-10 business days |
| Typical OTP latency | 3.3 s |
| Mobile subscribers | 35M |
| Dialling code · MCC | +256 · 641 |
| Time to launch | Live in 5–15 business days from test-access request to production |
| Billing currencies | USD |
| Published SMS band | USD 0.025 – 0.045 |
SMS to Uganda: common questions
Which operators carry SMS to Uganda, and at what rate?
What does the SMS price include?
Do I need to register a sender ID in Uganda?
How do I get test access for Uganda?
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 Uganda
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 Uganda 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"}'