Bulk SMS prices in North Africa
Morocco, Algeria, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and Sudan. Per-message prices run from $0.01725 in Sudan to $0.04905 in Tunisia, all on one prepaid credit balance.
Banks, mobile money services, retail chains, universities and public agencies send bulk texts across North Africa, often in Arabic and French, and in English in Egypt and Sudan. Exam results, bill reminders and Ramadan offers are among the busiest sends of the year.
Arabic texts are Unicode at 70 characters per segment; French texts with accents also switch to Unicode, while plain French or English keeps 160. The zone runs from UTC+1 in Morocco (UTC+0 during Ramadan) to UTC+2 in Libya and Sudan, and Egypt adds an hour in summer.
Other zones
- North Americafrom $0.00485
- Central America and the Caribbeanfrom $0.00675
- South Americafrom $0.00235
- Western Europe and the British Islesfrom $0.00675
- The Nordics and the Balticsfrom $0.00655
- Southern Europefrom $0.00395
- Central and Eastern Europefrom $0.00485
- Russia, the Caucasus and Central Asiafrom $0.00705
- The Middle Eastfrom $0.00295
- West and Central Africafrom $0.00595
- East and Southern Africafrom $0.00705
- South Asiafrom $0.00895
- East and Southeast Asiafrom $0.00265
- Oceania and the Pacificfrom $0.00485