# A2P SMS regulations in Angola

> A2P SMS to Angola is regulated by the Instituto Angolano das Comunicações (INACOM). INACOM sender ID registration via operator. Portuguese primary; English acceptable, with approval typically taking 10-14 business days. Angola Data Protection Law 22/11 in force. BroadNet carries this traffic over direct operator connections.

- Canonical URL: https://www.broadnet.me/regulations/angola
- Language: en
- Last reviewed: 2026-09-29
- Publisher: BroadNet (https://www.broadnet.me)

## Key facts

- **INACOM** — Instituto Angolano das Comunicações regulates A2P messaging
- **10-14 days** — Typical sender-ID approval time
- **99.99%** — Platform uptime SLA

## Who regulates A2P SMS in Angola?

Application-to-person messaging to Angola is overseen by the Instituto Angolano das Comunicações (INACOM), which licenses the operators that terminate A2P traffic and sets the conditions those routes run under. BroadNet delivers into Angola over direct operator connections — Unitel, Movicel and Africell — rather than through resold or grey routes, so the sender ID, the delivery receipt and the audit trail all come back from the licensed path.

- Telecoms regulator: Instituto Angolano das Comunicações (INACOM).
- Direct operator routes: Unitel, Movicel and Africell.
- Sender-ID registration: INACOM sender ID registration via operator. Portuguese primary; English acceptable.
- Typical lead time: 10-14 business days.

## Sender ID registration in Angola

INACOM sender ID registration via operator. Portuguese primary; English acceptable. Registration is not a formality — an unregistered or mismatched sender ID is the most common reason otherwise-valid traffic is filtered, and the failure is usually silent rather than a hard rejection. Plan 10-14 business days for approval and register before you need the route, not during a launch.

- Lead time: 10-14 business days.
- BroadNet files sender IDs on your behalf through the INACOM-licensed operators.
- Portuguese primary: PT native; English acceptable.
- Time to production: Live in 11–19 business days from test-access request to production (set by the sender-ID lead time).

## Consent and content rules

Angola Data Protection Law 22/11 in force. Transactional messages — one-time passcodes, delivery and account alerts — are treated differently from marketing, but the distinction is decided by the content of the message rather than by how the campaign is labelled.

- INACOM sender ID: Sender IDs registered via operator route.
- Portuguese primary: PT native; English acceptable.
- DPL 22/11: Angola Data Protection Law enforced.

## What this means for your integration

Practically, three things decide whether traffic to Angola performs: a registered sender ID on an INACOM-licensed route, a consent and opt-out record you can evidence, and message content that matches the category it was registered under. BroadNet's compliance engine checks each submission against the Angola ruleset before it reaches the operator, so a non-compliant send is rejected back to you rather than filtered silently downstream — which is the difference between a fixable error and traffic that quietly disappears.

- Every message returns a delivery receipt (DLR); BroadNet does not publish per-country delivery percentages.
- Indicative list pricing: USD 0.04 – 0.065 per message.
- Addressable mobile base: 24M subscribers.
- DPL 22/11: Angola Data Protection Law enforced.

## Angola rules: promotional vs. transactional SMS

|  | Promotional / marketing | Transactional / service (OTP, alerts) |
|---|---|---|
| Registered sender ID required | Yes | Yes |
| Prior consent required | Yes | No |
| Opt-out instruction required | Yes | No |
| Delivery receipts available | Yes | Yes |

## Frequently asked questions

### Who regulates SMS in Angola?

the Instituto Angolano das Comunicações (INACOM). It licenses the operators that terminate A2P traffic and sets the conditions those routes operate under. BroadNet delivers into Angola over direct connections to Unitel, Movicel and Africell.

### Do I need to register a sender ID for Angola?

Yes. INACOM sender ID registration via operator. Portuguese primary; English acceptable. Allow 10-14 business days for approval. An unregistered sender ID is the most common cause of silently filtered traffic, so register before the campaign rather than during it.

### How long does it take to start sending to Angola?

Live in 11–19 business days from test-access request to production (set by the sender-ID lead time). The sender-ID registration is usually the long pole at 10-14 business days; the technical integration itself is the same REST or SMPP interface you would use for any other market.

### What does A2P SMS cost in Angola?

Indicative list pricing is USD 0.04 – 0.065 per message, with volume tiers below that. The rate depends on the operator, the message category and committed volume — see the Angola coverage page for the per-operator breakdown.

### What delivery rate should I expect in Angola?

BroadNet does not publish per-country delivery percentages. Every message on these direct operator routes returns a delivery receipt (DLR), so you can measure delivery on your own traffic, and the platform carries a 99.99% uptime SLA. Grey routes deliver until they do not, and give you no receipt when they fail.

## Related

- [Angola coverage](https://www.broadnet.me/coverage/angola)
- [All regulations](https://www.broadnet.me/regulations)

## Technical facts for Angola

Network codes, message lengths and sender-ID rules in one table. Segment lengths are the GSM standard values (3GPP TS 23.038).

| Technical facts | |
|---|---|
| Mobile country code (MCC) | 631 |
| Dialling code | +244 |
| Operators (MCC-MNC) | Unitel · 631-02; Movicel · 631-04; Africell · 631-05 |
| SMS length, GSM-7 (Latin alphabet) | 160 characters in a single SMS; 153 per part when concatenated |
| SMS length, UCS-2 (Arabic, Cyrillic and other scripts) | 70 characters in a single SMS; 67 per part when concatenated |
| Regulator | INACOM (Instituto Angolano das Comunicações) |
| Sender-ID rules | INACOM sender ID registration via operator. Portuguese primary; English acceptable. |
| Sender-ID lead time | 10-14 business days |

## Sources

- [INACOM — Instituto Angolano das Comunicações](https://inacom.gov.ao/)