Bulk SMS prices in The Middle East

The Gulf states, the Levant, Iraq, Iran, Yemen, Israel, Palestine and Turkiye. Per-message prices run from $0.00295 in Turkiye to $0.04385 in Yemen, all on one prepaid credit balance.

Retail and malls, banks, airlines, real estate developers, telecom resellers and government services send heavy bulk volumes across the Gulf, with clear peaks around Ramadan, Eid and national days. Lists often carry Arabic and English versions of the same message for mixed resident and expatriate audiences.

Arabic, Persian and Hebrew are Unicode scripts at 70 characters per segment, while English texts fit 160 characters. Turkish letters such as ğ, ş and ı also switch to Unicode. The working week differs across the zone, so a weekday send time in one country may land on a weekend in another.