# A2P SMS regulations in Cameroon

> A2P SMS to Cameroon is regulated by the Agence de Régulation des Télécommunications (ART). ART sender ID registration via operator. French and English (bilingual market), with approval typically taking 7-14 business days. Cameroon Cybersecurity Law 2010 governs PII. BroadNet carries this traffic over direct operator connections.

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

## Key facts

- **ART** — Agence de Régulation des Télécommunications regulates A2P messaging
- **7-14 days** — Typical sender-ID approval time
- **99.99%** — Platform uptime SLA

## Who regulates A2P SMS in Cameroon?

Application-to-person messaging to Cameroon is overseen by the Agence de Régulation des Télécommunications (ART), which licenses the operators that terminate A2P traffic and sets the conditions those routes run under. BroadNet delivers into Cameroon over direct operator connections — MTN Cameroon, Orange Cameroon and Camtel — 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: Agence de Régulation des Télécommunications (ART).
- Direct operator routes: MTN Cameroon, Orange Cameroon and Camtel.
- Sender-ID registration: ART sender ID registration via operator. French and English (bilingual market).
- Typical lead time: 7-14 business days.

## Sender ID registration in Cameroon

ART sender ID registration via operator. French and English (bilingual market). 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 7-14 business days for approval and register before you need the route, not during a launch.

- Lead time: 7-14 business days.
- BroadNet files sender IDs on your behalf through the ART-licensed operators.
- French + English: Bilingual market; both scripts at parity.
- Time to production: Live in 8–19 business days from test-access request to production (set by the sender-ID lead time).

## Consent and content rules

Cameroon Cybersecurity Law 2010 governs PII. Bilingual market — both French and English content required for some categories. 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.

- ART sender ID: Sender IDs registered via operator route.
- French + English: Bilingual market; both scripts at parity.
- Cybersecurity Law: 2010 law governs PII handling.

## What this means for your integration

Practically, three things decide whether traffic to Cameroon performs: a registered sender ID on an ART-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 Cameroon 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: EUR 0.03 – 0.055 per message.
- Addressable mobile base: 23M subscribers.
- Data handling follows the applicable Cameroon privacy regime.

## Cameroon 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 Cameroon?

the Agence de Régulation des Télécommunications (ART). It licenses the operators that terminate A2P traffic and sets the conditions those routes operate under. BroadNet delivers into Cameroon over direct connections to MTN Cameroon, Orange Cameroon and Camtel.

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

Yes. ART sender ID registration via operator. French and English (bilingual market). Allow 7-14 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 Cameroon?

Live in 8–19 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 7-14 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 Cameroon?

Indicative list pricing is EUR 0.03 – 0.055 per message, with volume tiers below that. The rate depends on the operator, the message category and committed volume — see the Cameroon coverage page for the per-operator breakdown.

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

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

- [Cameroon coverage](https://www.broadnet.me/coverage/cameroon)
- [All regulations](https://www.broadnet.me/regulations)

## Technical facts for Cameroon

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) | 624 |
| Dialling code | +237 |
| Operators (MCC-MNC) | MTN Cameroon · 624-01; Orange Cameroon · 624-02; Camtel · 624-04 |
| 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 | ART (Agence de Régulation des Télécommunications) |
| Sender-ID rules | ART sender ID registration via operator. French and English (bilingual market). |
| Sender-ID lead time | 7-14 business days |

## Sources

- [ART — Agence de Régulation des Télécommunications](https://www.art.cm/)