SMS API for Qatar: bulk SMS to +974 numbers
Qatar
Calling code +974
- Per SMS segment
- $0.00907
- Messages for $100
- 11,025
- Local language
- Arabic and English
- Encoding
- Unicode (UCS-2)
What a bulk SMS send to Qatar costs
| Messages | 1 segment | 2 segments |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $0.00907 | $0.01814 |
| 1,000 | $9.07 | $18.14 |
| 10,000 | $90.70 | $181.40 |
| 100,000 | $907.00 | $1,814.00 |
Number format in Qatar
Mobile numbers in Qatar have 8 digits after +974 and no trunk prefix, so the local form 3312 3456 becomes +974 3312 3456 in the to field.
Alphabet and segments
Text in Arabic is always Unicode, so a message to Qatar 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
Qatar keeps UTC+3 all year with no clock change, so 09:00 in Qatar 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 Qatar with one request
The answer comes back at once with the message id, the country the number was matched to (QA) 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": "+97433123456", "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: "+97433123456", text: "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes." }),
});
console.log(await res.json()); // price: "0.00907", country: "QA"import json, os, urllib.request
req = urllib.request.Request(
"https://bulksmsapi.cc/v1/messages",
data=json.dumps({"to": "+97433123456", "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"]) # "0.00907"What developers send to Qatar
Flight updates
Airlines in Doha send SMS notifications about flight delays or gate changes to passengers traveling through Hamad International Airport.
Ride confirmations
Ride-hailing apps in Al Rayyan send SMS to confirm driver details and estimated arrival times for users.
Event reminders
Cultural venues in Doha send SMS reminders about upcoming events or ticket bookings for exhibitions.
More countries in Middle East
SMS to Qatar: questions
More answers on accounts, payments and the API are in the FAQ.
How much does it cost to send bulk SMS to Qatar?
How many SMS to Qatar does a $100 top-up send?
How do I write Qatar numbers for the API?
Should I send SMS in Arabic or English?
How can I reach visitors effectively?
Start sending to Qatar
Create an account, top up from $40 and send to Qatar at $0.00907 per segment, from the console or with one API call.