One rate for Burundi, $0.0172, from the first message to the millionth. GSM-7 segments, your name as the sender, handset receipts. Funded in crypto, without identity checks.
Sending to Burundi costs $0.0172 per segment, which places it 13th of 56 in Africa and 72nd of 228 overall, 43% below what the region costs on average.
Every licensed mobile operator in Burundi is reachable on this route. All of them deliver alphanumeric senders as typed, so your brand name appears on the handset without registration. Delivery is measured per operator and incidents appear on the status page under the regional route.
Encoding and length
Latin text is sent in GSM-7, 160 characters (153 per part when concatenated) per segment. Add an emoji or a non-Latin character and the whole message switches to Unicode at 70 characters (67 per part when concatenated). The composer shows the count before you send.
Timing and format
Quiet hours for Burundi are set to 08:00 to 20:00 local, editable per campaign. Import numbers in E.164 with the +257 prefix, like +257 813 124 786; local formats are normalised when the country is known.
Delivery receipts
Burundi gives full handset receipts, which makes list hygiene easy: unknown numbers are flagged at the first send.
03Sender ID
How your sender appears in Burundi.
Alphanumeric senders of 3 to 11 characters, A-Z, 0-9, space are delivered as typed. No registration is needed; the platform still falls back to a numeric sender if a carrier rejects the name.
$0.0172 per segment, 43% below the Africa average. Elsewhere the same route is published from $0.0370. Billed per message at send time, no other fees.
Is an alphanumeric sender delivered in Burundi?
Your name as the sender. Alphanumeric senders of 3 to 11 characters, A-Z, 0-9, space are delivered as typed. No registration is needed; the platform still falls back to a numeric sender if a carrier rejects the name.
Can I reply to messages sent to Burundi?
Alphanumeric senders are one-way. Rent a numeric sender with inbound enabled and replies are forwarded to your webhook.
Which networks receive the messages?
Every licensed mobile network in Burundi, monitored on the status page under the regional route.
What number format should I import?
International format with +257, for example +257 813 124 786. Local formats are normalised automatically when the destination is known.
What time do campaigns go out in Burundi?
Within the local window 08:00 to 20:00, seven days a week, unless you widen it. Scheduling by local time follows the destination's clock, daylight saving included.
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