SMS API for Kiribati: bulk SMS to +686 numbers
Kiribati
Calling code +686
- Per SMS segment
- $0.02547
- Messages for $100
- 3,926
- Local language
- English
- Encoding
- GSM-7
What a bulk SMS send to Kiribati costs
| Messages | 1 segment | 2 segments |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $0.02547 | $0.05094 |
| 1,000 | $25.47 | $50.94 |
| 10,000 | $254.70 | $509.40 |
| 100,000 | $2,547.00 | $5,094.00 |
Number format in Kiribati
Mobile numbers in Kiribati have 8 digits after +686 and no trunk prefix, so the local form 72001234 becomes +686 72001234 in the to field.
Alphabet and segments
English text stays inside the GSM-7 alphabet, so one segment to Kiribati holds 160 characters and each part of a longer text 153. Watch for curly quotes and emoji copied from other tools: one of them moves the whole text to Unicode at 70 characters per segment, and POST /v1/estimates shows the encoding before you send.
Time zone and timing
Kiribati spans several time zones, from UTC+12 in Tarawa to UTC+14 in Kiritimati (January offsets). A send_at of 21:00 UTC lands at 09:00 in Tarawa in January; for a nationwide reminder, split the list by region and give each batch its own send_at.
Send to Kiribati with one request
The answer comes back at once with the message id, the country the number was matched to (KI) 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": "+68672001234", "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: "+68672001234", text: "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes." }),
});
console.log(await res.json()); // price: "0.02547", country: "KI"import json, os, urllib.request
req = urllib.request.Request(
"https://bulksmsapi.cc/v1/messages",
data=json.dumps({"to": "+68672001234", "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"]) # "0.02547"What developers send to Kiribati
Banking alerts
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Travel confirmations
A travel agency in South Tarawa sends SMS with flight details and booking confirmations.
Public announcements
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Appointment reminders
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SMS to Kiribati: questions
More answers on accounts, payments and the API are in the FAQ.
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How many SMS to Kiribati does a $100 top-up send?
How do I write Kiribati numbers for the API?
Which language should we use for SMS in Kiribati?
Are there seasonal peaks in SMS traffic?
Start sending to Kiribati
Create an account, top up from $40 and send to Kiribati at $0.02547 per segment, from the console or with one API call.