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Bulk SMS to Central and South Asia

Central and South Asia joins the Indian subcontinent with the Caucasus and the Central Asian republics: India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, Bhutan, the Maldives, Afghanistan, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Georgia, Armenia and Azerbaijan.

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Countries: 16
Lowest rate: $0.00759
Middle rate: $0.03229
$100 to Turkmenistan: 13,175 SMS

Rates

Bulk SMS rates in Central and South Asia, lowest first

Rates are per SMS segment in US dollars. In Central and South Asia they run from $0.00759 in Turkmenistan to $0.05759 in Azerbaijan.

16 countries

Bulk SMS rates in Central and South Asia
Country	Code	Per SMS	1,000 SMS	$100 sends
Turkmenistan	+993	$0.00759	$7.59	13,175
Maldives	+960	$0.00969	$9.69	10,319
Armenia	+374	$0.01469	$14.69	6,807
India	+91	$0.01609	$16.09	6,215
Bangladesh	+880	$0.02489	$24.89	4,017
Georgia	+995	$0.02639	$26.39	3,789
Nepal	+977	$0.02789	$27.89	3,585
Bhutan	+975	$0.02909	$29.09	3,437
Afghanistan	+93	$0.03229	$32.29	3,096
Pakistan	+92	$0.04349	$43.49	2,299
Sri Lanka	+94	$0.04409	$44.09	2,268
Kazakhstan	+7	$0.04699	$46.99	2,128
Tajikistan	+992	$0.04989	$49.89	2,004
Kyrgyzstan	+996	$0.05289	$52.89	1,890
Uzbekistan	+998	$0.05489	$54.89	1,821
Azerbaijan	+994	$0.05759	$57.59	1,736

Sending tips

What should I know before sending SMS to Central and South Asia?

English is widely used for business messages in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka and fits 160 characters per segment. Text in Hindi and other Devanagari languages, Bengali, Urdu, Sinhala, Tamil, Georgian, Armenian or Cyrillic is sent in UCS-2 at 70 characters, and transliterated Latin text is a common way to keep campaigns short.

Time zones in the region include half-hour and quarter-hour offsets: India uses UTC+5:30 and Nepal UTC+5:45, while Kazakhstan, the Caucasus and Central Asia use whole hours from UTC+4 to UTC+6. Kazakhstan shares the +7 code with Russia; numbers starting +7 6 or +7 7 are counted as Kazakhstan.

Number format: Country code, then the 10-digit mobile number for India: +91 98000 00123
Alphabet: English in GSM-7; Devanagari, Bengali, Urdu, Georgian, Armenian and Cyrillic in UCS-2
Time zones: UTC+4 to UTC+6, India UTC+5:30, Nepal UTC+5:45

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