SMS API for Chad: bulk SMS to +235 numbers

Chad, a landlocked country in Central Africa, has N'Djamena as its capital and relies on agriculture and oil exports. Software products sending SMS include mobile banking apps, agricultural advisory services, and healthcare systems. Messages are triggered by events like payment confirmations, weather alerts, or vaccination reminders. Developers choose SMS because it reaches users in remote areas with limited internet access.

Chad

Calling code +235

Per SMS segment
$0.01187
Messages for $100
8,424
Local language
French
Encoding
GSM-7 or Unicode

What a bulk SMS send to Chad costs

Every message is priced at $0.01187 per segment to Chad. Texts over 160 GSM-7 or 70 Unicode characters are split into segments, so a two-segment text costs twice as much.
Messages1 segment2 segments
1$0.01187$0.02374
1,000$11.87$23.74
10,000$118.70$237.40
100,000$1,187.00$2,374.00

Number format in Chad

Mobile numbers in Chad have 8 digits after +235 and no trunk prefix, so the local form 63 01 23 45 becomes +235 63 01 23 45 in the to field.

Alphabet and segments

Texts in French fit 160 GSM-7 characters per segment until they use â, ê, î, ô, û, ç, ë and ï: those letters are outside GSM-7 and turn the message into Unicode at 70 characters per segment (67 per part). For short alerts, write them without those letters to keep one segment; for longer texts, the console names each letter that changed the encoding.

Time zone and timing

Chad keeps UTC+1 all year with no clock change, so 09:00 in Ndjamena is always 08:00 UTC. send_at takes UTC or any ISO 8601 offset, and the console scheduler converts from your own time zone.

Send to Chad with one request

The answer comes back at once with the message id, the country the number was matched to (TD) and the price. A delivered or failed event follows on your webhook, and a failed message is refunded.

For a list, send the same text to up to 10,000 numbers with POST /v1/batches, or a personal text per number in messages.

curl https://bulksmsapi.cc/v1/messages \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $BULKSMSAPI_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"to": "+23563012345", "text": "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes."}'

What developers send to Chad

Common integrations that call the SMS API for recipients in Chad.

Payment confirmations

Mobile banking apps notify users in N'Djamena when a transaction is completed, detailing the amount and recipient.

Weather alerts

Agricultural services send SMS alerts to farmers in rural areas about upcoming weather conditions.

Vaccination reminders

Healthcare systems remind parents in Moundou about upcoming vaccination dates for their children.

Market prices

Agricultural cooperatives send SMS updates to farmers in Sarh about current crop prices in local markets.

SMS to Chad: questions

More answers on accounts, payments and the API are in the FAQ.

How much does it cost to send bulk SMS to Chad?

Each message segment to Chad costs $0.01187. A plain text of up to 160 characters is one segment, so 1,000 one-segment messages cost $11.87 and 10,000 cost $118.70. Failed messages are refunded to the balance.

How many SMS to Chad does a $100 top-up send?

$100 covers about 8,424 one-segment messages to Chad at $0.01187 each. The first top-up adds a bonus on top, which raises that number. The balance is shared by every country, so the same top-up also pays for messages anywhere else on the list.

How do I write Chad numbers for the API?

Send them in international format with the plus sign: +235 63 01 23 45 becomes "+23563012345" in the to field. The API also accepts spaces, dashes and a 00 prefix and cleans them, and numbers that cannot be read are listed in set_aside instead of being charged.

Which language should SMS messages use in Chad?

French is the official language and widely used in formal communications, while local languages like Arabic are preferred for rural areas.

How can SMS reach remote areas effectively?

SMS is ideal for remote areas with limited internet access. Messages should be short and straightforward.

Start sending to Chad

Create an account, top up from $40 and send to Chad at $0.01187 per segment, from the console or with one API call.

SMS API Chad: Bulk SMS to +235 From $0.01187 | BulkSMSAPI