International support for Alphanumeric Sender ID

This article reflects Twilio's current support capabilities for custom SMS sender IDs, or alphanumeric sender ID worldwide. Click the country's name for guidelines on sending Twilio Programmable SMS messages to this locale (where available).
Notice: Some countries may require registration of the desired alphanumeric sender ID prior to sending messages from this ID. These countries are are marked Pre-Registration Required in the table below. In pre-registration countries, delivery quality may be lower for messages sent using a standard SMS-capable Twilio phone number, as carriers in these countries often impose carrier filtering on non-registered message traffic.

To start the pre-registration process, please visit Twilio's Alphanumeric Sender ID registration page, select the country you would like to request an Alphanumeric Sender ID for, and complete the form. If the country you want is not available, please search for the country from the table below)
COUNTRY ALPHANUMERIC SENDER ID SUPPORTED?
Afghanistan Yes - Pre-Registration Required
Albania Yes
Algeria Yes
American Samoa Yes
Andorra Yes
Angola Yes
Anguilla Yes
Antigua & Barbuda Yes
Argentina No
Armenia Yes - Pre-Registration Required
Aruba Yes
Australia Yes
Austria Yes
Azerbaijan Yes
Bahamas No
Bahrain Yes
Bangladesh Yes
Barbados Yes
Belarus Yes only for non Belarus based companies - Pre-Registration Required*
Belgium No
Belize Yes
Benin Yes - Pre-Registration Required
Bermuda Yes
Bhutan Yes
Bolivia Yes
Bosnia and Herzegovina Yes
Botswana Yes
Brazil Yes - Pre-Registration Required
Brunei Yes
Bulgaria Yes
Burkina Faso Yes
Burundi Yes
Cambodia Yes
Cameroon Yes - Pre-Registration Required
Canada No
Cape Verde Yes
Cayman Islands (UK) No
Central African Republic Yes
Chad Yes
Chile No
China* No
Colombia No
Comoros Yes
Congo (Republic of the Congo) Yes - Pre-Registration Required
Congo (Democratic Republic of the Congo) Yes
Cook Islands Yes
Costa Rica No
Croatia Yes
Cuba Yes - Pre-Registration Required
Cyprus Yes
Czech Republic Yes - Pre-Registration Required†
Denmark Yes
Djibouti Yes
Dominica Yes
Dominican Republic No
Ecuador No
Egypt Yes - Pre-Registration Required
El Salvador No
Equatorial Guinea Yes
Estonia Yes
Ethiopia Yes - Pre-Registration Required
Falkland Islands Yes
Faroe Islands Yes
Fiji Yes
Finland Yes
France Yes
French Guiana No
French Polynesia Yes
Gabon Yes
Gambia Yes
Georgia Yes
Germany Yes
Ghana Yes - Pre-Registration Required
Gibraltar Yes
Greece Yes
Greenland Yes
Grenada Yes
Guadeloupe & Martinique Yes
Guam No
Guatemala Yes
Guernsey Yes
Guinea Yes - Pre-Registration Required
Guinea-Bissau Yes - Pre-Registration Required
Guyana Yes
Haiti Yes
Honduras Yes
Hong Kong Yes - Pre-Registration Required
Hungary No
Iceland Yes
India No
Indonesia Yes - Pre-Registration Required ††††††
Iran Yes - Pre-Registration Required
Iraq Yes
Ireland Yes
Isle of Man Yes
Israel Yes - Pre-Registration Required only for companies based in Israel that plan to send more than 30,000 SMS per month.
(Not required if company is not based in Israel or if doing less than 30,000 SMS per month)
Italy Yes
Ivory Coast (Côte d'Ivoire) Yes - Pre-Registration Required
Jamaica Yes
Japan Yes
Jersey Yes
Jordan Yes - Pre-Registration Required
Kazakhstan Yes - Pre-Registration Required††
Kenya Yes - Pre-Registration Required†††
Kosovo Yes
Kuwait Yes - Pre-Registration Required †††††††
Kyrgyzstan No
Laos (Lao People's Democratic Republic) Yes
Latvia Yes
Lebanon Yes - Pre-Registration Required only for companies based in Lebanon that plan to send more than 30,000 SMS per month.
(Not required if company is not based in Lebanon or if doing less than 30,000 SMS per month)
Lesotho Yes
Liberia Yes - Pre-Registration Required
Libya Yes
Liechtenstein Yes
Lithuania Yes
Luxembourg Yes
Macau (PRC) Yes
Macedonia Yes
Madagascar Yes
Malawi Yes - Pre-Registration Required only for companies based in Malawi that plan to send more than 30,000 SMS per month.
(Not required if company is not based in Malawi or if doing less than 30,000 SMS per month)
Malaysia No
Maldives Yes
Mali Yes
Malta Yes
Martinique Yes
Mauritania Yes
Mauritius Yes
Mayotte Yes
Mexico Yes - Pre-Registration Required. Minimum 1,000 SMS per month.
Moldova Yes
Monaco No
Mongolia Yes
Montenegro Yes
Montserrat Yes
Morocco Yes - Pre-Registration Required
Mozambique Yes
Myanmar Yes - Pre-Registration Required
Namibia Yes
Nauru No
Nepal Yes - Pre-Registration Required
Netherlands Yes
Netherlands Antilles Yes
New Caledonia Yes
New Zealand No
Nicaragua No
Niger Yes
Nigeria Yes - Pre-Registration Required
Norway Yes
Oman Yes - Pre-Registration Required
Pakistan Yes - Pre-Registration Required only for companies based in Pakistan that plan to send more than 30,000 SMS per month.
(Not required if company is not based in Pakistan or if doing less than 30,000 SMS per month)
Palestine Yes
Panama No
Papua New Guinea Yes
Paraguay No
Peru No
Philippines Yes - Pre-Registration Required
Poland Yes
Portugal Yes
Puerto Rico No
Qatar Yes - Pre-Registration Required
Réunion Yes
Romania Yes
Russia Yes - Pre-Registration Required ††††
NOTE: Russia Sender ID Registration has currently been paused.
If you are related with humanitarian aid and in line with the work of our Twilio.org team, then please reach out to us at [email protected] and we will review your application individually
Rwanda Yes - Pre-Registration Required
Samoa Yes
San Marino Yes
Sao Tome and Principe Yes
Saudi Arabia Yes - Pre-Registration Required for non-Saudi Arabia-based companies
Pre-registration not supported for KSA-based companies
Senegal Yes
Serbia Yes - Pre-Registration Optional †††††
Seychelles Yes
Sierra Leone Yes
Singapore Yes
Slovakia Yes
Slovenia Yes
Solomon Islands Yes
Somalia Yes
South Africa No
South Korea No
South Sudan Yes - Pre-Registration Required
Spain Yes
Sri Lanka Yes - Pre-Registration Required
St. Kitts and Nevis Yes
St. Lucia Yes
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Yes
Sudan Yes - Pre-Registration Required
Suriname Yes
Swaziland Yes
Sweden Yes
Switzerland Yes
Syria No
Taiwan No
Tajikistan Yes
Tanzania Yes - Pre-Registration Required
Thailand Yes - Pre-Registration Required
Timor-Leste (East Timor) Yes
Togo Yes
Tonga Yes
Trinidad and Tobago Yes
Tunisia Yes - Pre-Registration Required only for companies based in Tunisia that plan to send more than 30,000 SMS per month.
(Not required if company is not based in Tunisia or if doing less than 30,000 SMS per month)
Turkey Yes - Pre-Registration Required
Turkmenistan Yes
Turks and Caicos Islands Yes
Uganda Yes - Pre-Registration Required
Ukraine Yes
United Arab Emirates Yes - Pre-Registration Required
United Kingdom Yes
United States No
Uruguay No
Uzbekistan Yes
Vanuatu Yes
Venezuela Yes
Vietnam Yes - Pre-Registration Required
Virgin Islands (British Virgin Islands) Yes
Yemen Yes
Zambia Yes - Pre-Registration Required
Zimbabwe Yes - Pre-Registration Required only for companies based in Zimbabwe that plan to send more than 30,000 SMS per month.
(Not required if company is not based in Zimbabwe or if doing less than 30,000 SMS per month)
Please Note:In countries where pre-registration is required you must use an International Twilio long code as the From parameter and not a local/domestic long code.
* For messages to China, pre-registration of message body template is recommended.

† There's a monthly fee of $30.00 USD for Czech Republic Sender ID pre-registration.
†† There's a monthly fee of $250.00 USD for Kazakhstan Sender ID pre-registration.
††† There's a one-time fee of $330.00 USD for Kenya Sender ID pre-registration for Domestic Customers. No fees for International Customers.
†††† There's a monthly fee of $230.00 USD for Russia Sender ID pre-registration.
††††† There's a monthly fee of $30.00 USD for Serbia Sender ID pre-registration.
†††††† There's a one-time fee of $25.00 USD for Indonesia Sender ID pre-registration for Domestic Customers. No fees for International Customers.
††††††† There's a one-time fee of $20.00 USD for Kuwait Sender ID pre-registration for Domestic Customers. No fees for International Customers.