SMS API for Republic of the Congo: bulk SMS to +242 numbers

The Republic of Congo, located in Central Africa with its capital in Brazzaville, is known for its oil and forestry industries. Software products sending SMS include mobile money services, delivery apps, and healthcare providers. Messages are triggered by events like money transfers, package deliveries, and appointment reminders. SMS is chosen because it works on basic phones and reaches users in both urban and rural areas.

Republic of the Congo

Calling code +242

Per SMS segment
$0.01277
Messages for $100
7,830
Local language
French
Encoding
GSM-7 or Unicode

What a bulk SMS send to the Republic of the Congo costs

Every message is priced at $0.01277 per segment to the Republic of the Congo. Texts over 160 GSM-7 or 70 Unicode characters are split into segments, so a two-segment text costs twice as much.
Messages1 segment2 segments
1$0.01277$0.02554
1,000$12.77$25.54
10,000$127.70$255.40
100,000$1,277.00$2,554.00

Number format in Republic of the Congo

Mobile numbers in the Republic of the Congo have 9 digits after +242 and no trunk prefix, so the local form 06 123 4567 becomes +242 06 123 4567 in the to field.

Alphabet and segments

Texts in French fit 160 GSM-7 characters per segment until they use â, ê, î, ô, û, ç, ë and ï: 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

The Republic of the Congo keeps UTC+1 all year with no clock change, so 09:00 in Brazzaville is always 08:00 UTC. send_at takes UTC or any ISO 8601 offset, and the console scheduler converts from your own time zone.

Send to Republic of the Congo with one request

The answer comes back at once with the message id, the country the number was matched to (CG) 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": "+242061234567", "text": "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes."}'

What developers send to the Republic of the Congo

Common integrations that call the SMS API for recipients in the Republic of the Congo.

Money alerts

Users in Pointe-Noire receive SMS notifications confirming their mobile money transactions and balances.

Delivery updates

Customers in Dolisie get texts about the status of their online orders and delivery times.

Health reminders

Patients in Ouesso are notified by SMS about upcoming clinic visits and vaccination schedules.

Event notices

Residents in Owando receive SMS alerts about community events and meeting times.

SMS to Republic of the Congo: questions

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

How much does it cost to send bulk SMS to the Republic of the Congo?

Each message segment to the Republic of the Congo costs $0.01277. A plain text of up to 160 characters is one segment, so 1,000 one-segment messages cost $12.77 and 10,000 cost $127.70. Failed messages are refunded to the balance.

How many SMS to the Republic of the Congo does a $100 top-up send?

$100 covers about 7,830 one-segment messages to the Republic of the Congo at $0.01277 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 Republic of the Congo numbers for the API?

Send them in international format with the plus sign: +242 06 123 4567 becomes "+242061234567" 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.

Start sending to The Republic of the Congo

Create an account, top up from $40 and send to the Republic of the Congo at $0.01277 per segment, from the console or with one API call.

SMS API Republic of the Congo: Bulk SMS to +242 From $0.01277 | BulkSMSAPI