SMS API for United Arab Emirates: bulk SMS to +971 numbers
United Arab Emirates
Calling code +971
- Per SMS segment
- $0.00447
- Messages for $100
- 22,371
- Local language
- Arabic and English
- Encoding
- Unicode (UCS-2)
What a bulk SMS send to the United Arab Emirates costs
| Messages | 1 segment | 2 segments |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | $0.00447 | $0.00894 |
| 1,000 | $4.47 | $8.94 |
| 10,000 | $44.70 | $89.40 |
| 100,000 | $447.00 | $894.00 |
Number format in United Arab Emirates
Mobile numbers in the United Arab Emirates have 9 digits after +971. Locally they are written with a leading 0 (050 123 4567); in the API that 0 is dropped, so the same number goes in the to field as +971 50 123 4567.
Alphabet and segments
Text in Arabic is always Unicode, so a message to the United Arab Emirates 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
The United Arab Emirates keeps UTC+4 all year with no clock change, so 09:00 in Dubai is always 05:00 UTC. send_at takes UTC or any ISO 8601 offset, and the console scheduler converts from your own time zone.
Send to United Arab Emirates with one request
The answer comes back at once with the message id, the country the number was matched to (AE) 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": "+971501234567", "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: "+971501234567", text: "Your Northwind code is 482913. It expires in 10 minutes." }),
});
console.log(await res.json()); // price: "0.00447", country: "AE"import json, os, urllib.request
req = urllib.request.Request(
"https://bulksmsapi.cc/v1/messages",
data=json.dumps({"to": "+971501234567", "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"]) # "0.00447"What developers send to the United Arab Emirates
Flight check-ins
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Gold delivery
Dubai Gold Souk merchants text buyers when custom jewelry is ready for pickup or needs payment confirmation.
Visa appointments
Government-linked services notify expats by SMS to submit documents at typing centers in Sharjah or Al Ain.
Private sale access
Mall brands like Chalhoub Group text VIP customers early access to discounts at The Dubai Mall.
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SMS to United Arab Emirates: questions
More answers on accounts, payments and the API are in the FAQ.
How much does it cost to send bulk SMS to the United Arab Emirates?
How many SMS to the United Arab Emirates does a $100 top-up send?
How do I write United Arab Emirates numbers for the API?
Is English or Arabic better for UAE SMS?
How do Ramadan hours affect SMS timing?
Start sending to The United Arab Emirates
Create an account, top up from $40 and send to the United Arab Emirates at $0.00447 per segment, from the console or with one API call.