Which countries support alpha tags?
You use alpha tags to send messages from a name or word that's closely associated with your brand. Alpha tags are a type of Sender ID. Recipients can't reply to an alpha tag. You can use alpha tags in many countries, see below for details. In some countries, alpha tags require additional registration - contact our 24/7 chat support team for help.
COUNTRY | ARE ALPHA TAGS SUPPORTED? | TIME TO REGISTER | MORE INFORMATION |
Yes, with additional registration. | 5 working days | ||
Yes | |||
Yes, with additional registration. | 5 working days | Local business only. | |
Yes | |||
Yes | |||
Anguilla (+1264) | Yes | ||
Antigua & Barbuda (+1268) | Yes | ||
Not Supported | The forced Sender ID used is 54532. | ||
Yes | |||
Aruba (+297) | Yes | ||
Yes | |||
Yes | |||
Not Supported | The forced Sender ID used is SendSMS. | ||
Not Supported | |||
Yes | Until you’ve registered a Sender ID, messages will be sent from Ver-SMS. | ||
Yes, with additional registration. | 15 working days | Not supported by Bangladesh Citycell. Until you’ve registered a Sender ID, messages will be sent from ClickSend. | |
Barbados (+1246) | Yes | ||
Yes, with additional registration. | 15 working days | Until you’ve registered a Sender ID, messages will be sent from ClickSend. | |
Not Supported | |||
Belize (+501) | Yes | ||
Yes, with additional registration. | 45 working days | Local businesses only. | |
Bermuda (+1441) | Yes | ||
Yes | |||
Bolivia (+591) | Yes, with additional registration. | 15 working days | Local Businesses only. |
Yes | |||
Botswana (+267) | Not Supported | ||
Yes, with additional registration. | 95 working days | ||
Brunei Darussalam (+673) | Yes | ||
Yes, with additional registration. | 35 working days | Registration fee: $40 AUD (monthly fee) Until you’ve registered a Sender ID, messages will be sent from ClickSend. | |
Burkina Faso (+226) | Yes | ||
Burundi (+257) | Yes, with additional registration. | 35 working days | International businesses only. |
Cambodia (+855) | Yes, with additional registration. | 15 working days | |
Cameroon (+237) | Yes, with additional registration. | 45 working days | Until you’ve registered a Sender ID, messages will be sent from ClickSend. |
Not Supported | |||
Cape Verde (+238) | Yes | ||
Cayman Islands (+1345) | Yes | ||
Central African Republic (+236) | Yes | ||
Chad (+235) | Yes | Until you’ve registered a Sender ID, messages will be sent from CLICKSEND. | |
Chile (+56) | Not Supported | ||
Yes, with additional registration. | 10 working days | Requires dedicated number for 2-way messaging. Until you’ve registered a Sender ID, messages will be sent from ClickSend. | |
Not Supported | Messages will be overwritten to Sender ID 85137 to ensure delivery. | ||
Comoros (+269) | Not Supported | ||
Congo (+242) | Yes, with additional registration. | 45 working days | Until you’ve registered a Sender ID, messages will be sent from ClickSend. |
Congo D.R. (+242) | Yes, with additional registration. | 45 working days | Until you’ve registered a Sender ID, messages will be sent from ClickSend. |
Cook Islands (+682) | Yes | ||
Yes, with additional registration. | 5 weeks | Registration Fee: $350 AUD (once off) | |
Cote d'Ivoire (+225) | Yes, with additional registration. | 45 working days | |
Yes | |||
Cuba (+53) | Yes, with additional registration. | ||
Cyprus (+357) | Yes | ||
Czech Republic (+420) | Yes, with additional registration. | 35 working days | Until you’ve registered a Sender ID, messages will be sent from InfoSMS. |
Yes | |||
Diego Garcia (+246) | Not Supported | ||
Djibouti (+253) | Yes | ||
Dominica (+1) | Yes | ||
Not Supported | |||
Not Supported | |||
Yes, with additional registration. | 30 working days | Please note that Telecom Egypt doesn't support 2-way message. Until you’ve registered a Sender ID, messages will be sent from Verify. | |
Not Supported | |||
Equatorial Guinea (+240) | Yes | ||
Eritrea (+291) | Not Supported | ||
Estonia (+372) | Yes | ||
Ethiopia (+251) | Yes | ||
Falkland Islands (+500) | Not Supported | ||
Faroe Islands (+298) | Yes | ||
Fiji (+679) | Yes | ||
Finland (+358) | Yes | ||
Yes | Supports 2 way messaging via dedicated number. | ||
French Guiana (+594) | Yes | ||
French Polynesia (+689) | Yes | ||
Gabon (+241) | Yes | ||
Gambia (+220) | Yes | ||
Yes | Until you’ve registered a Sender ID, messages will be sent from SendSMS. | ||
Germany (+49) | Yes | ||
Ghana (+233) | Not Supported | ||
Gibraltar (+350) | Yes | ||
Greece (+30) | Yes | ||
Greenland (+299) | Yes | ||
Grenada (+1) | Yes | ||
Guadeloupe (+590) | Yes | ||
Guam (+1671) | Not Supported | ||
Guatemala (+502) | Yes, with additional registration. | 5 weeks | Registration Fee: $350 AUD (once off) |
Guernsey (+44) | Yes | ||
Guinea (+224) | Yes, with additional registration. | 45 working days | |
Guinea-Bissau (+245) | Yes, with additional registration. | 45 working days | |
Guyana (+592) | Yes | ||
Haiti (+509) | Yes, with additional registration. | 35 working days | International Businesses Only. |
Honduras (+504) | Yes, with additional registration. | 5 weeks | Registration Fee: $350 AUD (once off) |
Yes, with additional registration. | 15 working days | ||
Hungary (+36) | Not Supported | ||
Yes | |||
Not Supported | |||
Yes, with additional registration. | 40 working days | Until you’ve registered a Sender ID, messages will be sent from IDSMS. | |
Yes, with additional registration. | 15 working days | ||
Yes, with additional registration. | 15 working days | Local businesses only. Until you’ve registered a Sender ID, messages will be sent from ClickSend. | |
Yes | |||
Isle of Man (+44) | Yes | ||
Yes, with additional registration. | 15 working days | ||
Yes, with additional registration. | 7 working days | International Businesses only. | |
Côte d'Ivoire (+225) | Yes, with additional registration. | 45 working days | |
Jamaica (+1) | Yes | ||
Japan (+81) | Yes | ||
Jersey (+44) | Yes | ||
Yes, with additional registration. | 10 working days | Until you’ve registered a Sender ID, messages will be sent from ClickSend. | |
Kazakhstan (+7) | Yes, with additional registration. | 30 working days | Monthly Fee: $100 AUD per month Until you’ve registered a Sender ID, messages will be sent from ClSend. |
Yes, with additional registration. | 20 working days | Until you’ve registered an alpha tag, messages will be sent from InfoSMS. | |
Yes, with additional registration. | 25 working days | Until you’ve registered an alpha tag, messages will be sent from CSend. | |
Kiribati (+686) | Yes | ||
Kosovo (+383) | Yes | ||
Kyrgyzstan (+996) | Yes | ||
Laos (+856) | Yes | ||
Latvia (+371) | Yes | ||
Yes, with additional registration. | 7 working days | ||
Lesotho (+266) | Yes | ||
Liberia (+231) | Yes, with additional registration. | 45 working days | International businesses only. |
Yes, with additional registration. | 7 working days | Until you’ve registered a Sender ID, messages will be sent from ClickSend. | |
Liechtenstein (+423) | Yes | ||
Lithuania (+370) | Yes | ||
Luxembourg (+352) | Yes | ||
Macau (+853) | Yes | SC are blocked. | |
Macedonia (+389) | Not Supported | ||
Madagascar (+261) | Yes | ||
Malawi (+265)Yes | Yes | ||
No | |||
Yes | |||
Mali (+223) | Yes | ||
Malta (+356) | Yes | ||
Marshall Islands (+692) | Not Supported | ||
Martinique (+596) | Yes | ||
Mauritania (+222) | Yes | ||
Yes, with additional registration. | 20 working days | Until you’ve registered a Sender ID, messages will be sent from ClickSend. | |
Mayotte (+262) | Yes | ||
Not Supported | |||
Micronesia (+691) | Yes | ||
Moldova (+373) | Yes | ||
Monaco (+377) | Not Supported | ||
Mongolia (+976) | Yes | ||
Montenegro (+382) | Yes | ||
Montserrat (+1) | Yes | ||
Yes, with additional registration. | 70 working days | Until you’ve registered a Sender ID, messages will be sent from SendSMS. | |
Mozambique (+258) | Yes, with additional registration. | International businesses only. | |
Myanmar (+95) | Yes, with additional registration. | 4-6 weeks | 2 way messaging is supported via dedicated number. Until you’ve registered a Sender ID, messages will be sent from PINSMS. |
Namibia (+264) | Not Supported | ||
Nauru (+674) | Yes | Until you’ve registered a Sender ID, messages will be sent from SendSMS. | |
Yes, with additional registration. | 40 working days | ||
Netherlands (+31) | Yes | ||
Netherlands Antilles (+599) | Yes | ||
New Caledonia (+687) | Yes | ||
Not Supported | |||
Nicaragua (+505) | Yes, with additional registration. | 5 weeks | |
Niger (+227) | Yes | ||
Nigeria (+234) | Yes, with additional registration. | 50 working days | Until you’ve registered a Sender ID, messages will be sent from ClickSend. |
Norfolk Island (+672) | Yes | ||
Niue (+683) | Yes | ||
North Korea (+850) | Not Supported | ||
Northern Mariana Islands (+1670) | Not Supported | ||
Norway (+47) | Yes | ||
Yes, with additional registration. | 21 working days | Until you’ve registered a Sender ID, messages will be sent from clicksend. | |
Yes, with additional registration. | 30 working days | 2 way messaging is supported via dedicated number. Until you’ve registered a Sender ID, messages will be sent from ClickSend. | |
Palau (+680) | Yes | ||
Palestinian Territory (+970) | Not Supported | ClickSend | The forced Sender ID used is ClickSend. |
Yes, with additional registration. | 5 weeks | ||
Papua New Guinea (+675) | Yes | ||
Paraguay (+595) | Not Supported | ||
Peru (+51) | Not Supported | ||
Yes, with additional registration. | 14 working days | 2 way messaging is supported via dedicated number. Until you’ve registered a Sender ID, messages will be sent from ClickSend. | |
Yes, with additional registration. | 21 working days | Until you’ve registered a Sender ID, messages will be sent from SMS. | |
Portugal (+351) | Yes | ||
Yes | |||
Yes, with additional registration. | 15 working days | Until you’ve registered a Sender ID messages will be sent from ClickSend. | |
Reunion (+262) | Yes | ||
Yes, with additional registration. | 40 working days | Registration Fee: $700AUD (one time fee) Until you’ve registered a Sender ID, messages will be sent from InfoSMS. | |
Yes, with additional registration. | 30 working days | ||
Rwanda (+250) | Not Supported | Messages will be overwritten to ensure delivery. | |
Samoa (+685) | Yes | ||
San Marino (+378) | No | ||
Sao Tome & Principe (+239) | Yes | ||
Yes, with additional registration. | 20 working days | 2 way messaging is supported via dedicated number Until you’ve registered a Sender ID, messages will be sent from ClickSend. | |
Senegal (+221) | Yes, with additional registration. | 10 working days | Local businesses only. Until you’ve registered a Sender ID, messages will be sent from SendSMS. |
Serbia (+381) | Yes, with additional registration. | Local businesses only. Numeric senders get replaced with generic alpha on some networks. | |
Seychelles (+248) | Yes | ||
Sierra Leone (+232) | Yes, with additional registration. | SendSMS | Until you’ve registered a Sender ID, messages will be sent from SendSMS. |
Yes, with additional registration. | 2 working days | Until you’ve registered a Sender ID, messages will be sent from Likely-SCAM. | |
Yes, with additional registration. | 40 working days | Messages will be overwritten to +421902028032 to ensure delivery. | |
Slovenia (+386) | Yes | ||
Solomon Islands (+677) | Yes | ||
Yes | |||
Not Supported | |||
Not Supported | |||
South Sudan (+211) | Yes, with additional registration. | 40 working days | |
Spain (+34) | Yes | ||
Yes, with additional registration. | 15 working days | Until you’ve registered an alpha tag, messages will be sent from ClickSend. | |
Saint Helena (+290) | Yes | ||
St Kitts & Nevis (+1869) | Yes | ||
St Lucia (+1758) | Yes | ||
St Vincent & the Grenadines (+1784) | Yes | ||
St Pierre & Miquelon (+508) | Yes | ||
Sudan (+249) | Yes, with additional registration. | 50 working days | |
Suriname (+597) | Not Supported | ||
Swaziland (+268) | Not Supported | ||
Sweden (+46) | Yes | ||
Switzerland (+41) | Yes | ||
Not Supported | |||
Not Supported | |||
Tajikistan (+992) | Not Supported | The forced Sender ID used is SendSMS. | |
Yes, with additional registration. | 70 working days | Until you’ve registered a Sender ID, messages will be sent from ClickSend. | |
Yes, with additional registration. | 4 weeks | ||
Timor-Leste (+670) | Yes, with additional registration. | 40 working days | |
Togo (+228) | Yes | ||
Tokelau (+690) | Not Supported | ||
Tonga (+676) | Yes | ||
Trinidad & Tobago (+1) | Yes | ||
Yes | |||
Yes, with additional registration. | 20 working days | Until you’ve registered a Sender ID, messages will be sent from ClickSend. | |
Turkmenistan (+993) | Not Supported | ||
Turks & Caicos Islands (+1) | Yes | ||
Tuvalu (+688) | Yes | ||
Uganda (+256) | Yes, with additional registration. | 50 working days | International businesses only. |
Yes | Until you’ve registered a Sender ID, messages will be sent from ClickSend. | ||
Yes, with additional registration. | 30 working days | Until you’ve registered a Sender ID, messages will be sent from ORDERS. | |
Yes | |||
Not Supported | |||
Uruguay (+598) | Not Supported | ||
Yes | Until you’ve registered a Sender ID, messages will be sent from SendSMS. | ||
Vanuatu (+678) | Yes | ||
Venezuela (+58) | Not Supported | ||
Yes, with additional registration. | **International Senders: Registration Fee: $20AUD Monthly Fee: $20AUD | ||
Virgin Islands British (+1) | Yes | ||
Virgin Islands U.S. (+1340) | Not Supported | ||
Wallis and Futuna (+681) | Yes | ||
Yes | Messages may be overwritten. | ||
Zambia (+260) | Yes, with additional registration. | 50 working days | |
Yes, with additional registration. | 10 working days |