SMS · North AmericaSMS pricing in the United States
SMS to the United States costs from $0.0095 per message (indicative list rate, reviewed 2026-09-24) over 3 direct operators (T-Mobile USA, AT&T, Verizon); sender IDs are registered with the FCC + CTIA in 7-14 business days (10DLC).
Across 3 direct operators · regulator FCC + CTIA
How much does SMS to the United States cost?
SMS to the United States costs from $0.0095 per message (indicative list rate, reviewed 2026-09-24) over 3 direct operators. Direct binds, registered sender IDs and FCC + CTIA-approved routes. List-tier rates shown — Growth, Volume and Enterprise discounts apply automatically.
| Operator | Rate (USD per SMS) | Send window |
|---|---|---|
T-Mobile USA Direct bind · A2P registered | $ 0.0095 per SMS | 08:00–21:00 local |
AT&T Direct bind · A2P registered | $ 0.0095 per SMS | 08:00–21:00 local |
Verizon Direct bind · A2P registered | $ 0.0095 per SMS | 08:00–21:00 local |
- 10DLC registration required via The Campaign Registry (TCR) for A2P traffic.
- Toll-free verification required for toll-free senders; shortcodes still supported.
- TCPA compliance: explicit prior written consent for marketing messages.
- 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 United States: routes, rules and timing.
The same operator, regulator and timing data as our United States coverage page, so both pages always agree.
| Regulator | Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and CTIA (carrier consortium) (FCC + CTIA) |
|---|---|
| Operator routes | 3 · T-Mobile USA, AT&T, Verizon |
| Sender-ID lead time | 7-14 business days (10DLC) |
| Typical OTP latency | 2.2 s |
| Mobile subscribers | 340M |
| Dialling code · MCC | +1 · 310 – 316 |
| Time to launch | Live in 8–19 business days from test-access request to production (set by the sender-ID lead time) |
| Billing currencies | USD |
| Published SMS band | USD 0.0095 |
SMS to the United States: common questions
Which operators carry SMS to the United States, and at what rate?
What does the SMS price include?
Do I need to register a sender ID in the United States?
How do I get test access for the United States?
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 | $ 0.0095 |
| Growth | 100K – 1M messages / month | −12% | $ 0.0084 |
| Volume | 1M – 5M messages / month | −26% | $ 0.0070 |
| Enterprise | 5M+ messages / month | −40% | $ 0.0057 |
More on USA
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 United States on approved routes.
Test access on request, with a reply within one business day. Live in 8–19 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"}'