SMS API for Kuwait: bulk SMS to +965 numbers
Kuwait
Calling code +965
- Per SMS segment
- $0.01847
- Messages for $100
- 5,414
- Local language
- Arabic and English
- Encoding
- Unicode (UCS-2)
What a bulk SMS send to Kuwait costs
| Messages | 1 segment | 2 segments |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $0.01847 | $0.03694 |
| 1,000 | $18.47 | $36.94 |
| 10,000 | $184.70 | $369.40 |
| 100,000 | $1,847.00 | $3,694.00 |
Number format in Kuwait
Mobile numbers in Kuwait have 8 digits after +965 and no trunk prefix, so the local form 500 12345 becomes +965 500 12345 in the to field.
Alphabet and segments
Text in Arabic is always Unicode, so a message to Kuwait 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
Kuwait keeps UTC+3 all year with no clock change, so 09:00 in Kuwait is always 06:00 UTC. send_at takes UTC or any ISO 8601 offset, and the console scheduler converts from your own time zone.
Send to Kuwait with one request
The answer comes back at once with the message id, the country the number was matched to (KW) 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": "+96550012345", "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: "+96550012345", text: "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes." }),
});
console.log(await res.json()); // price: "0.01847", country: "KW"import json, os, urllib.request
req = urllib.request.Request(
"https://bulksmsapi.cc/v1/messages",
data=json.dumps({"to": "+96550012345", "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"]) # "0.01847"What developers send to Kuwait
Payment confirmations
Banks in Kuwait City send SMS alerts for successful transactions or account updates.
Service updates
Government services notify residents in Hawalli about changes in utility schedules or maintenance work.
Appointment reminders
Clinics in Farwaniya send reminders for medical appointments or prescription pickups.
Event notifications
Cultural centers in Jahra alert residents about public events or exhibitions.
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SMS to Kuwait: questions
More answers on accounts, payments and the API are in the FAQ.
How much does it cost to send bulk SMS to Kuwait?
How many SMS to Kuwait does a $100 top-up send?
How do I write Kuwait numbers for the API?
What language should messages be in?
Are there specific times to avoid sending messages?
Start sending to Kuwait
Create an account, top up from $40 and send to Kuwait at $0.01847 per segment, from the console or with one API call.