In Nigeria, we have direct connections with local operators.
Sender ID Restrictions
| Can I send with a name/letters as the sender? | No | The sender will be overwritten to a local long code |
| Can I send with an international number as the sender? | No | The sender will be overwritten to a local long code |
| Can I send with a local number as the sender? | No | The sender will be overwritten to a local long code |
| Can I send a message with over 160 characters as 1 SMS? | Yes | Some operators may support this less consistently |
Content Restrictions
| Filtering |
Generally, messages with political and religious content can be blocked from the operator's side |
| Register Sender ID |
If you intend to send critical transactional notifications such as financial transactions, payment gateways, OTPs, bank alerts, pension notifications, Doctor’s appointments from health organizations, school alerts, etc, then please reach out to us. Transactional Sender IDs need to be set up separately to enable delivery over all networks |
| Bulk SMS |
Bulk SMS of over 2.000 messages can be blocked by some operators. Please consult the operator-specific info below |
Operator-Specific Restrictions
| Etisalat | This operator filters numeric Sender ID's and bulk SMS of over 2000 messages at once |
| Glo Mobile | This operator filters SMS with numbers from other operators in Sender ID or body of the message |
| MTN | This operator filters numeric Sender ID's and the term MTN if used in Sender ID or body of the message |
| Starcomms | This operator does not support handset delivery reports |
| Visafone | This operator does not support handset delivery reports |