SMS API for Egypt: bulk SMS to +20 numbers

Egypt, in North Africa, has Cairo as its capital and an economy driven by tourism, agriculture, and manufacturing. Software products sending SMS include mobile banking apps, e-commerce platforms, and travel agencies. Messages are triggered by events like payment confirmations, delivery updates, and flight changes. Developers choose SMS because it reaches every phone, including basic models used in rural areas and by tourists visiting the pyramids.

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Egypt

Calling code +20

Per SMS segment: $0.03687
Messages for $100: 2,712
Local language: Arabic
Encoding: Unicode (UCS-2)

What a bulk SMS send to Egypt costs

Every message is priced at $0.03687 per segment to Egypt. Texts over 160 GSM-7 or 70 Unicode characters are split into segments, so a two-segment text costs twice as much.

Messages	1 segment	2 segments
1	$0.03687	$0.07374
1,000	$36.87	$73.74
10,000	$368.70	$737.40
100,000	$3,687.00	$7,374.00

Number format in Egypt

Mobile numbers in Egypt have 10 digits after +20. Locally they are written with a leading 0 (010 01234567); in the API that 0 is dropped, so the same number goes in the to field as +20 10 01234567.

Alphabet and segments

Text in Arabic is always Unicode, so a message to Egypt written in Arabic carries 70 characters in one segment and 67 in each part of a longer one. Codes and alerts written in English or plain Latin letters fit 160 characters, which halves the cost of a long notice.

Time zone and timing

Egypt changes its clocks: Cairo is on UTC+2 in January and UTC+3 in July. 09:00 in Cairo is 07:00 UTC in January and an hour earlier in UTC while summer time runs, so give send_at with the local offset (for example +02:00 in winter) and the API does the conversion.

Send to Egypt with one request

The answer comes back at once with the message id, the country the number was matched to (EG) 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.

Messages reference Batches reference

curl https://bulksmsapi.cc/v1/messages \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $BULKSMSAPI_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"to": "+201001234567", "text": "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes."}'

const res = await fetch("https://bulksmsapi.cc/v1/messages", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: { Authorization: `Bearer ${process.env.BULKSMSAPI_KEY}`, "Content-Type": "application/json" },
  body: JSON.stringify({ to: "+201001234567", text: "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes." }),
});
console.log(await res.json()); // price: "0.03687", country: "EG"

import json, os, urllib.request

req = urllib.request.Request(
    "https://bulksmsapi.cc/v1/messages",
    data=json.dumps({"to": "+201001234567", "text": "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes."}).encode(),
    headers={"Authorization": "Bearer " + os.environ["BULKSMSAPI_KEY"], "Content-Type": "application/json", "User-Agent": "northwind-app/1.0"},
    method="POST",
)
with urllib.request.urlopen(req) as res:
    print(json.load(res)["price"])  # "0.03687"

What developers send to Egypt

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

Payment alerts

Mobile banking apps in Cairo send SMS notifications confirming successful transactions and account balance updates.

Delivery updates

E-commerce platforms in Alexandria notify customers by SMS when their orders are dispatched and provide tracking details.

Flight changes

Travel agencies in Luxor send SMS updates to travelers about flight delays or rescheduled departures.

More countries in North Africa

Prices close to Egypt in the same region. All 6 countries in North Africa

Morocco$0.03407 per SMS

Libya$0.02697 per SMS

Tunisia$0.05077 per SMS

Algeria$0.02267 per SMS

Sudan$0.01787 per SMS

SMS to Egypt: questions

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

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

Each message segment to Egypt costs $0.03687. A plain text of up to 160 characters is one segment, so 1,000 one-segment messages cost $36.87 and 10,000 cost $368.70. Failed messages are refunded to the balance.

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

$100 covers about 2,712 one-segment messages to Egypt at $0.03687 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 Egypt numbers for the API?

Send them in international format with the plus sign: +20 10 01234567 becomes "+201001234567" 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.

Should SMS be in Arabic or English?

Use Arabic for local audiences, as it is widely understood. Include English for tourist-focused services, especially in areas like Luxor.

Are there seasonal peaks in SMS traffic?

Yes, SMS traffic increases during holidays like Eid and around major festivals, as well as during the tourist high season in Luxor.

Start sending to Egypt

Create an account, top up from $40 and send to Egypt at $0.03687 per segment, from the console or with one API call.

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