One rate for Tuvalu, $0.2234, from the first message to the millionth. GSM-7 segments, your name as the sender, handset receipts. Funded in crypto, without identity checks.
At $0.2234 per segment, Tuvalu sits among the dearer routes in Oceania: 20th of 20 destinations by price, 508% above the regional average. Worldwide, 227 destinations are cheaper and 0 cost more.
Every licensed mobile operator in Tuvalu 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
GSM-7 covers everyday Tuvalu traffic: 160 characters (153 per part when concatenated) per part. Watch for smart quotes and emoji, which force Unicode and halve the segment length.
Timing and format
Quiet hours for Tuvalu are set to 08:00 to 20:00 local, editable per campaign. Import numbers in E.164 with the +688 prefix, like +688 348 178 955; local formats are normalised when the country is known.
Delivery receipts
Delivery receipts are available on this route: every message ends as delivered, failed or expired, with the carrier code on failures.
03Sender ID
How your sender appears in Tuvalu.
Type a name of 3 to 11 characters, A-Z, 0-9, space and it is what recipients see. No registration step for this destination; if a single carrier refuses the name, that message falls back to a numeric sender and the report says so.
Type a name of 3 to 11 characters, A-Z, 0-9, space and it is what recipients see. No registration step for this destination; if a single carrier refuses the name, that message falls back to a numeric sender and the report says so.
When are marketing messages delivered in Tuvalu?
By default between 08:00 and 20:00 local time. The window is editable per campaign; codes and alerts can bypass it.
Which operators does the route cover?
Every mobile operator licensed in Tuvalu. Delivery is measured per operator and the report names the one that failed when a message does not land.
How long can a message to Tuvalu be?
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. Up to 6 parts per message.
Do I get delivery confirmation?
Operators in Tuvalu return handset delivery receipts, so delivered means the phone received the message, usually within seconds.
How much does an SMS to Tuvalu cost?
$0.2234 per 160-character segment, the 20th cheapest of 20 Oceania destinations. The lower price published by the crypto-paid gateways we track is $0.4800, so ours is about 53% lower. No setup or monthly fee, and the rate is locked for the life of a campaign.
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