
Concatenated MessagesĬoncatenated messages are not supported. Unicode is fully supported, other than the '£' (British pound sign), which is not accepted. If you have transactional messages which are either user-generated or expected, you can register an alpha Sender ID to bypass the traffic filters and NDNC registry.

Promotional or marketing content is allowed only between 8:00 a.m.

So promotional content has to be sent with "SID-AD" (length = 11 digits) format, for example, Nexmo-AD. Promotional Contentįor bulk message (ads and promotions, anything non-transactional) the Sender ID must include the suffix "-AD" or " AD". Please contact your account manager or Support for further details. Content URL contentĪny messages (promotional or transactional) containing a URL, needs to be pre-registered. To reduce spam, the Communications and Information Technology Commission (CITC) require Sender ID and separately URL registration, to which all Saudi operators are obliged to comply. Ensure you are not using numeric or generic alpha Sender IDs and that you pre-register your alpha Sender ID and content with us.

Vonage has partnered with suppliers that can pre-register against, and deliver SMS without problem. Therefore, cheap signaling or roaming links do not deliver well especially for high-value content such as password delivery or alerts, let alone marketing bulk traffic. Networks in Saudi Arabia have implemented very complex spam filters that in most cases block even legitimate application to person traffic.
