Bulk SMS to Italy
Bulk SMS to Italy from $0.00845 per message
Milan and Rome drive Italy's economy, with fashion, banking and tourism sectors relying on large customer databases. Retail chains, universities and transport operators send bulk SMS to keep customers updated. High-volume moments include fashion sale announcements, university exam result releases and regional train timetable changes. Paying per message suits Italy's mix of national campaigns and local alerts, where lists vary widely in size.
- 4,733 messages for a $40 top-up, credit that never expires
- Numbers start +39; local formats accepted with a default country
- Failed messages refunded to credit automatically
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Italy, +39
$0.00845
per SMS segment, USD
- 1,000 SMS
- $8.45
- 10,000 SMS
- $84.50
- 100,000 SMS
- $845.00
Bulk SMS cost to Italy by volume
The price per segment stays $0.00845 at every volume. A segment is 160 plain characters or 70 Unicode characters; longer texts are billed per part.
| Messages | 1 segment | 2 segments | 3 segments | Top-ups needed ($5,000 max each) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1,000 | $8.45 | $16.90 | ||
| 10,000 | $84.50 | $169.00 | ||
| 50,000 | $422.50 | $845.00 | ||
| 100,000 | $845.00 | $1,690.00 | ||
| 250,000 | $2,112.50 | $4,225.00 |
Price your own list to Italy
10,000 messages to Italy, 1 segment each
$84.50
$0.00845 per segment. Failed messages are refunded to credit.
Top up $40
4,733
messages to Italy
First top-up: 5,207 with +10% bonus credit
Top up $100
11,834
messages to Italy
First top-up: 14,201 with +20% bonus credit
Top up $500
59,171
messages to Italy
First top-up: 79,881 with +35% bonus credit
Top up $1,000
118,343
messages to Italy
First top-up: 165,680 with +40% bonus credit
Number format for Italy
Mobiles in Italy carry 10 digits after +39 with no trunk 0, so 312 345 6789 is sent as +39 312 345 6789. Set Italy as the default country and local numbers need no prefix at all.
+39 312 345 6789
Alphabet and message length
Italian text fits the GSM-7 alphabet, so a single SMS to Italy carries 160 characters and each part of a longer one carries 153. One emoji or curly quote turns the whole text into Unicode at 70 characters per segment; the composer names that character and can swap quotes and dashes for plain ones.
Local time in Italy
Italy is on UTC+1 in January and UTC+2 in July, when the clocks move forward. A 09:00 start in Rome is 08:00 UTC in January and 07:00 UTC in July; the console shows both times when you schedule.
Who sends bulk SMS to Italy
Fashion sales
Milan-based fashion brands alert customers nationwide about seasonal sales, often timed around major shopping events in January and July.
Exam results
Universities in Rome and Bologna send exam result notifications to students, typically in February and July when grading periods end.
Train delays
Regional train operators notify passengers in Lombardy and Tuscany about schedule changes or delays affecting their daily commute.
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