SMS API for Tunisia: bulk SMS to +216 numbers
Tunisia
Calling code +216
- Per SMS segment
- $0.05077
- Messages for $100
- 1,969
- Local language
- Arabic and French
- Encoding
- Unicode (UCS-2)
What a bulk SMS send to Tunisia costs
| Messages | 1 segment | 2 segments |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $0.05077 | $0.10154 |
| 1,000 | $50.77 | $101.54 |
| 10,000 | $507.70 | $1,015.40 |
| 100,000 | $5,077.00 | $10,154.00 |
Number format in Tunisia
Mobile numbers in Tunisia have 8 digits after +216 and no trunk prefix, so the local form 20 123 456 becomes +216 20 123 456 in the to field.
Alphabet and segments
Text in Arabic is always Unicode, so a message to Tunisia 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
Tunisia keeps UTC+1 all year with no clock change, so 09:00 in Tunis 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 Tunisia with one request
The answer comes back at once with the message id, the country the number was matched to (TN) 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": "+21620123456", "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: "+21620123456", text: "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes." }),
});
console.log(await res.json()); // price: "0.05077", country: "TN"import json, os, urllib.request
req = urllib.request.Request(
"https://bulksmsapi.cc/v1/messages",
data=json.dumps({"to": "+21620123456", "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"]) # "0.05077"What developers send to Tunisia
Order confirmations
E-commerce platforms in Tunis and Sfax send SMS to customers confirming their purchases and delivery details.
Payment reminders
Banks send SMS to customers in regions like Sousse to remind them of upcoming loan or credit card payments.
Travel updates
Travel agencies in Tunisia notify tourists about changes in flight schedules or hotel bookings for destinations like Djerba.
Appointment reminders
Clinics in Tunis and other cities send SMS to patients to remind them of upcoming medical appointments.
More countries in North Africa
SMS to Tunisia: questions
More answers on accounts, payments and the API are in the FAQ.
How much does it cost to send bulk SMS to Tunisia?
How many SMS to Tunisia does a $100 top-up send?
How do I write Tunisia numbers for the API?
Which language should SMS be sent in?
How to reach expatriates and visitors?
Start sending to Tunisia
Create an account, top up from $40 and send to Tunisia at $0.05077 per segment, from the console or with one API call.