Bulk SMS API in South Asia
India, Pakistan and Bangladesh are among the largest SMS markets in the world, joined by Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, the Maldives and Afghanistan. Each has its own calling code and ten- or nine-digit mobile numbers.
- Lowest price
- $0.00927
- Maldives
- Region average
- $0.02746
- 8 countries
SMS prices in South Asia, lowest first
Price per message segment in US dollars. Each row opens the country page with its number format, alphabet and a ready request.
| Country | Calling code | 1,000 messages | Per SMS |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maldives | $0.00927 | ||
| India | $0.01557 | ||
| Bangladesh | $0.02407 | ||
| Nepal | $0.02697 | ||
| Bhutan | $0.02807 | ||
| Afghanistan | $0.03117 | ||
| Pakistan | $0.04197 | ||
| Sri Lanka | $0.04257 |
Sending to South Asia: timing and text
India and Sri Lanka keep UTC+5:30, Nepal UTC+5:45, Pakistan and the Maldives UTC+5, Bangladesh and Bhutan UTC+6, and Afghanistan UTC+4:30, all year round.
English text fits GSM-7, while Hindi, Bengali, Urdu, Tamil, Sinhala and the other regional scripts are Unicode. Many senders write romanised text for one-segment messages and keep Unicode for texts where the local script matters.
The API needs nothing region-specific: put numbers in international format (+ and the calling code), and each one is priced by its own country. How numbers are read
Other regions
- North America
- Mexico and Central America
- The Caribbean
- South America
- Western Europe
- Nordic and Baltic countries
- Southern Europe and the Balkans
- Central and Eastern Europe
- The Middle East
- North Africa
- West and Central Africa
- East and Southern Africa
- Central Asia and the Caucasus
- East Asia
- Southeast Asia
- Oceania and the Pacific
Send your first batch to South Asia
Create an account, top up the balance and send to any number in the region with one request. Every message is priced by its own country.