Bulk SMS to East and Southeast Asia
East and Southeast Asia joins China, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao, Mongolia and North Korea with the ten Southeast Asian nations from Myanmar to the Philippines and Indonesia, plus Timor-Leste. The region includes some of the busiest e-commerce, banking and delivery markets in the world, and bulk SMS carries verification codes, parcel updates and service notices to customers on every kind of phone.
Bulk SMS prices in East and Southeast Asia, lowest first
Price of one SMS segment and of 1,000 messages for every destination in the region. A campaign can mix all of them; each number is charged at its own country's price.
19 countries, USD per SMS segment
| Country | Calling code | Per SMS | 1,000 SMS |
|---|---|---|---|
 South Korea | +82 | $0.00294 | $2.94 |
 Thailand | +66 | $0.00354 | $3.54 |
 China | +86 | $0.00624 | $6.24 |
 Brunei | +673 | $0.00754 | $7.54 |
 Laos | +856 | $0.00904 | $9.04 |
 Malaysia | +60 | $0.00964 | $9.64 |
 Philippines | +63 | $0.01054 | $10.54 |
 Japan | +81 | $0.01144 | $11.44 |
 Macao | +853 | $0.01144 | $11.44 |
 Singapore | +65 | $0.01144 | $11.44 |
 Timor-Leste | +670 | $0.01294 | $12.94 |
 Hong Kong | +852 | $0.01324 | $13.24 |
 Taiwan | +886 | $0.01364 | $13.64 |
 Vietnam | +84 | $0.01504 | $15.04 |
 Cambodia | +855 | $0.02264 | $22.64 |
 Myanmar | +95 | $0.02874 | $28.74 |
 Mongolia | +976 | $0.03544 | $35.44 |
 Indonesia | +62 | $0.04544 | $45.44 |
 North Korea | +850 | $0.06064 | $60.64 |
Languages and alphabets
Which alphabet will messages to East and Southeast Asia use?
Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai, Lao, Khmer and Burmese scripts are sent in Unicode at 70 characters per segment, as are Vietnamese tone marks. Indonesian, Malay and Filipino use plain Latin letters that fit GSM-7 at 160 characters, and English is common for business messages in Singapore, Malaysia, the Philippines and Hong Kong.
Time zones
When should you send bulk SMS in East and Southeast Asia?
Time zones run from UTC+6:30 in Myanmar to UTC+7 in Thailand, Vietnam and western Indonesia, UTC+8 in China, Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia and the Philippines, and UTC+9 in Japan and Korea. None of them use summer time, so scheduled hours stay the same all year.
Sender tip
Indonesia spans three time zones; schedule Jakarta, Bali and Papua lists separately when the message names a time.
Country guides in East and Southeast Asia
South Korea+82$0.00294Thailand+66$0.00354China+86$0.00624Brunei+673$0.00754Laos+856$0.00904Malaysia+60$0.00964Philippines+63$0.01054Japan+81$0.01144Macao+853$0.01144Singapore+65$0.01144Timor-Leste+670$0.01294Hong Kong+852$0.01324Taiwan+886$0.01364Vietnam+84$0.01504Cambodia+855$0.02264Myanmar+95$0.02874Mongolia+976$0.03544Indonesia+62$0.04544North Korea+850$0.06064Other regions
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