Text messages
It costs 2.33 pence (plus VAT) for each text message you send.
You may pay more for each message if you:
- send text messages longer than 160 characters
- use certain signs and symbols
- use accents and accented letters
Long text messages
If a text message is longer than 160 characters (including spaces), it will be charged as more than one message.
| Message length | Charge |
|---|---|
| Up to 160 characters | 1 text message |
| Up to 306 characters | 2 text messages |
| Up to 459 characters | 3 text messages |
| Up to 612 characters | 4 text messages |
| Up to 765 characters | 5 text messages |
| Up to 918 characters | 6 text messages |
Signs and symbols
The following signs and symbols count as 2 characters each:[]{}^|~€.
Using them can increase the cost of sending text messages.
Accents and accented characters
Some languages use accented characters.
The following accented characters do not affect the cost of sending text messages: Ä, É, Ö, Ü, à, ä, é, è, ì, ò, ö, ù, ü.
Using other accented characters can increase the cost of sending text messages.
| Message length | Charge |
|---|---|
| Up to 70 accented characters | 1 text message |
| Up to 134 accented characters | 2 text messages |
| Up to 201 accented characters | 3 text messages |
| Up to 268 accented characters | 4 text messages |
| Every additional 67 accented characters | 1 additional text message |
Sending text messages to international numbers
It might cost more to send text messages to international numbers than UK ones.
The cost of each text message you send will be multiplied by a certain amount, depending on the country.
We will not separate out the pricing for any international text messages in your billing information. It will be included in your overall costs for text messages.
International text message pricing
| Country code | Country | Cost multiplier |
|---|---|---|
| +1 | Canada United States Dominican Republic |
1 × |
| +1242 | Bahamas | 2 × |
| +1246 | Barbados | 3 × |
| +1264 | Anguilla | 3 × |
| +1268 | Antigua and Barbuda | 3 × |
| +1284 | Virgin Islands, British | 3 × |
| +1345 | Cayman Islands | 3 × |
| +1441 | Bermuda | 3 × |
| +1473 | Grenada | 3 × |
| +1649 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 3 × |
| +1664 | Montserrat | 3 × |
| +1684 | American Samoa | 3 × |
| +1721 | Sint Maarten | 1 × |
| +1758 | Saint Lucia | 3 × |
| +1767 | Dominica, Commonwealth of | 3 × |
| +1784 | Saint Vincent and The Grenadines | 3 × |
| +1868 | Trinidad and Tobago | 3 × |
| +1869 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3 × |
| +1876 | Jamaica | 3 × |
| +20 | Egypt | 3 × |
| +211 | South Sudan | 2 × |
| +212 | Morocco | 2 × |
| +213 | Algeria | 2 × |
| +216 | Tunisia | 2 × |
| +218 | Libya | 2 × |
| +220 | Gambia | 2 × |
| +221 | Senegal | 2 × |
| +222 | Mauritania | 2 × |
| +223 | Mali | 2 × |
| +224 | Guinea | 3 × |
| +225 | Cote d’Ivoire | 2 × |
| +226 | Burkina Faso | 3 × |
| +227 | Niger | 3 × |
| +228 | Togo | 2 × |
| +229 | Benin | 3 × |
| +230 | Mauritius | 2 × |
| +231 | Liberia | 2 × |
| +232 | Sierra Leone | 2 × |
| +233 | Ghana | 2 × |
| +234 | Nigeria | 4 × |
| +235 | Chad | 3 × |
| +236 | Central African Republic | 3 × |
| +237 | Cameroon | 2 × |
| +238 | Cape Verde | 3 × |
| +239 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2 × |
| +240 | Equatorial Guinea | 2 × |
| +241 | Gabon | 2 × |
| +242 | Congo | 3 × |
| +243 | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 3 × |
| +244 | Angola | 3 × |
| +245 | Guinea-Bissau | 3 × |
| +246 | British Indian Ocean Territory | 2 × |
| +248 | Seychelles | 2 × |
| +249 | Sudan | 2 × |
| +250 | Rwanda, Republic of | 2 × |
| +251 | Ethiopia | 2 × |
| +252 | Somalia | 2 × |
| +253 | Djibouti, Republic of | 2 × |
| +254 | Kenya | 1 × |
| +255 | Tanzania | 1 × |
| +256 | Uganda | 2 × |
| +257 | Burundi | 3 × |
| +258 | Mozambique | 2 × |
| +260 | Zambia | 2 × |
| +261 | Madagascar | 2 × |
| +262 | Reunion | 2 × |
| +263 | Zimbabwe | 1 × |
| +264 | Namibia | 2 × |
| +265 | Malawi | 2 × |
| +266 | Lesotho | 2 × |
| +267 | Botswana | 2 × |
| +268 | Eswatini | 2 × |
| +269 | Comoros | 2 × |
| +27 | South Africa | 2 × |
| +291 | Eritrea | 4 × |
| +297 | Aruba | 3 × |
| +298 | Faroe Islands | 2 × |
| +299 | Greenland | 2 × |
| +30 | Greece | 2 × |
| +31 | Netherlands | 3 × |
| +32 | Belgium | 3 × |
| +33 | France | 2 × |
| +34 | Spain | 2 × |
| +350 | Gibraltar | 2 × |
| +351 | Portugal | 2 × |
| +352 | Luxembourg | 2 × |
| +353 | Ireland | 3 × |
| +354 | Iceland | 2 × |
| +355 | Albania | 2 × |
| +356 | Malta | 2 × |
| +357 | Cyprus | 2 × |
| +358 | Finland | 3 × |
| +359 | Bulgaria | 4 × |
| +36 | Hungary | 3 × |
| +370 | Lithuania | 2 × |
| +371 | Latvia | 2 × |
| +372 | Estonia | 2 × |
| +373 | Moldova | 3 × |
| +374 | Armenia | 3 × |
| +375 | Belarus | 1 × |
| +376 | Andorra | 2 × |
| +377 | Monaco | 2 × |
| +378 | San Marino, Republic of | 3 × |
| +380 | Ukraine | 4 × |
| +381 | Serbia | 1 × |
| +382 | Montenegro | 2 × |
| +383 | Kosovo | 4 × |
| +385 | Croatia | 2 × |
| +386 | Slovenia | 2 × |
| +387 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 2 × |
| +389 | Macedonia | 1 × |
| +39 | Italy | 2 × |
| +40 | Romania | 2 × |
| +41 | Switzerland | 2 × |
| +420 | Czech Republic | 4 × |
| +421 | Slovakia | 2 × |
| +423 | Liechtenstein | 1 × |
| +43 | Austria | 3 × |
| +44 | Guernsey Isle of Man Jersey |
1 × |
| +45 | Denmark | 2 × |
| +46 | Sweden | 2 × |
| +47 | Norway | 3 × |
| +48 | Poland | 2 × |
| +49 | Germany | 4 × |
| +500 | Falkland Islands | 2 × |
| +501 | Belize | 3 × |
| +502 | Guatemala | 3 × |
| +503 | El Salvador | 2 × |
| +504 | Honduras | 2 × |
| +505 | Nicaragua | 3 × |
| +506 | Costa Rica | 2 × |
| +507 | Panama | 2 × |
| +508 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 2 × |
| +509 | Haiti | 3 × |
| +51 | Peru | 2 × |
| +52 | Mexico | 2 × |
| +53 | Cuba | 2 × |
| +54 | Argentina | 3 × |
| +55 | Brazil | 2 × |
| +56 | Chile | 1 × |
| +57 | Colombia | 1 × |
| +58 | Venezuela | 2 × |
| +590 | Guadeloupe | 2 × |
| +591 | Bolivia | 3 × |
| +592 | Guyana | 2 × |
| +593 | Ecuador | 1 × |
| +594 | French Guiana | 2 × |
| +595 | Paraguay | 2 × |
| +596 | Martinique | 2 × |
| +597 | Suriname | 4 × |
| +598 | Uruguay | 1 × |
| +599 | Curacao (former Netherlands Antilles) | 3 × |
| +60 | Malaysia | 1 × |
| +61 | Australia | 2 × |
| +62 | Indonesia | 2 × |
| +63 | Philippines | 1 × |
| +64 | New Zealand | 3 × |
| +65 | Singapore | 1 × |
| +66 | Thailand | 2 × |
| +670 | Timor L’este | 2 × |
| +672 | Norfolk Island | 3 × |
| +673 | Brunei Darussalam | 1 × |
| +674 | Nauru | 2 × |
| +675 | Papua New Guinea | 2 × |
| +676 | Tonga | 2 × |
| +677 | Solomon Islands | 1 × |
| +678 | Vanuatu | 2 × |
| +679 | Fiji | 2 × |
| +680 | Palau | 3 × |
| +681 | Wallis and Futuna | 4 × |
| +682 | Cook Islands | 3 × |
| +683 | Niue | 4 × |
| +685 | Samoa | 3 × |
| +686 | Kiribati | 4 × |
| +687 | New Caledonia | 3 × |
| +689 | French Polynesia | 2 × |
| +690 | Tokelau | 4 × |
| +691 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 2 × |
| +692 | Marshall Islands | 1 × |
| +7 | South Ossetia Kazakhstan Abkhazia Russian Federation |
4 × |
| +81 | Japan | 3 × |
| +82 | Korea, Republic of | 2 × |
| +84 | Vietnam | 2 × |
| +852 | Hong Kong | 3 × |
| +853 | Macau | 1 × |
| +855 | Cambodia | 3 × |
| +856 | Laos | 2 × |
| +86 | China | 2 × |
| +880 | Bangladesh | 3 × |
| +886 | Taiwan | 2 × |
| +90 | Turkey Northern Cyprus |
2 × |
| +91 | India | 3 × |
| +92 | Pakistan | 2 × |
| +93 | Afghanistan | 3 × |
| +94 | Sri Lanka | 2 × |
| +95 | Myanmar | 2 × |
| +960 | Maldives | 2 × |
| +961 | Lebanon | 2 × |
| +962 | Jordan | 2 × |
| +963 | Syria | 3 × |
| +964 | Iraq | 2 × |
| +965 | Kuwait | 2 × |
| +966 | Saudi Arabia | 2 × |
| +967 | Yemen | 2 × |
| +968 | Oman | 1 × |
| +970 | Palestinian Territory | 4 × |
| +971 | United Arab Emirates | 2 × |
| +972 | Israel | 3 × |
| +973 | Bahrain | 3 × |
| +974 | Qatar | 1 × |
| +975 | Bhutan | 2 × |
| +976 | Mongolia | 2 × |
| +977 | Nepal | 2 × |
| +98 | Iran | 2 × |
| +992 | Tajikistan | 2 × |
| +993 | Turkmenistan | 2 × |
| +994 | Azerbaijan | 2 × |
| +995 | Georgia | 2 × |
| +996 | Kyrgyzstan | 2 × |
| +998 | Uzbekistan | 2 × |
| +882 | Worldwide | Not supported |