At $0.0387 per segment, Wallis and Futuna sits among the dearer routes in Oceania: 16th of 20 destinations by price, 5% above the regional average. Worldwide, 180 destinations are cheaper and 47 cost more.
Every licensed mobile operator in Wallis and Futuna 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 Wallis and Futuna 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
Marketing campaigns are held outside 08:00 to 20:00 local time by default. Transactional messages such as codes and receipts bypass the window. Numbers are dialled with +681, for example +681 608 033 101.
Delivery receipts
Operators in Wallis and Futuna return handset delivery receipts, so delivered means the phone received the message, usually within seconds.
03Sender ID
How your sender appears in Wallis and Futuna.
Alphanumeric senders pass as typed here. Brand names, product names and short codes of letters all work, without a registration file, and the numeric fallback only kicks in when an operator rejects the name.
Can I reply to messages sent to Wallis and Futuna?
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 Wallis and Futuna, monitored on the status page under the regional route.
What number format should I import?
International format with +681, for example +681 608 033 101. Local formats are normalised automatically when the destination is known.
What time do campaigns go out in Wallis and Futuna?
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.
What is the SMS rate for Wallis and Futuna?
$0.0387 per segment, 5% above the Oceania average. Elsewhere the same route is published from $0.0830. Billed per message at send time, no other fees.
Is an alphanumeric sender delivered in Wallis and Futuna?
Your name as the sender. Alphanumeric senders pass as typed here. Brand names, product names and short codes of letters all work, without a registration file, and the numeric fallback only kicks in when an operator rejects the name.
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