SMS API for Iceland: bulk SMS to +354 numbers
Iceland
Calling code +354
- Per SMS segment
- $0.01467
- Messages for $100
- 6,816
- Local language
- Icelandic
- Encoding
- GSM-7 or Unicode
What a bulk SMS send to Iceland costs
| Messages | 1 segment | 2 segments |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $0.01467 | $0.02934 |
| 1,000 | $14.67 | $29.34 |
| 10,000 | $146.70 | $293.40 |
| 100,000 | $1,467.00 | $2,934.00 |
Number format in Iceland
Mobile numbers in Iceland have 7 digits after +354 and no trunk prefix, so the local form 611 1234 becomes +354 611 1234 in the to field.
Alphabet and segments
Texts in Icelandic fit 160 GSM-7 characters per segment until they use á, ð, é, í, ó, ú, ý and þ: 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
Iceland keeps UTC+0 all year with no clock change, so 09:00 in Reykjavik is always 09:00 UTC. send_at takes UTC or any ISO 8601 offset, and the console scheduler converts from your own time zone.
Send to Iceland with one request
The answer comes back at once with the message id, the country the number was matched to (IS) 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": "+3546111234", "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: "+3546111234", text: "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes." }),
});
console.log(await res.json()); // price: "0.01467", country: "IS"import json, os, urllib.request
req = urllib.request.Request(
"https://bulksmsapi.cc/v1/messages",
data=json.dumps({"to": "+3546111234", "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"]) # "0.01467"What developers send to Iceland
Flight alerts
Airlines notify passengers at Keflavik Airport of schedule changes or gate assignments by SMS, ensuring smooth travel.
Tour confirmations
Tour companies in Reykjavik text Golden Circle visitors pickup times and guide contact details the day before.
Energy bills
Geothermal plants in the Reykjanes Peninsula send SMS reminders when monthly electricity invoices are ready to view.
Weather warnings
Fishing crews in Akureyri get SMS alerts when storms approach, helping them decide whether to stay in port.
More countries in Nordic and Baltic
SMS to Iceland: questions
More answers on accounts, payments and the API are in the FAQ.
How much does it cost to send bulk SMS to Iceland?
How many SMS to Iceland does a $100 top-up send?
How do I write Iceland numbers for the API?
What language should we use for SMS in Iceland?
Are there seasonal peaks in SMS traffic?
Start sending to Iceland
Create an account, top up from $40 and send to Iceland at $0.01467 per segment, from the console or with one API call.