Sending text messages (International SMS)
Service introduction
You can use SMS just as you always do even when messaging overseas mobile phones.
A text message can be sent from an au mobile phone to a phone number of a local mobile phone overseas.
You can use the free call time included in your au rate plan for International SMS.
How to use
Sending messages
(Display the Create SMS screen)
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Enter an address
「010」+ country code + phone number
- If the phone number starts with a 0, do not enter that 0.
- If the phone number starts with a 0, do not enter that 0.
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Enter your message
- Up to 160 single-byte or 70 double-byte characters (the number of characters that can be sent may vary depending on the device).
- Single-byte alphanumeric characters are recommended.
- Up to 160 single-byte or 70 double-byte characters (the number of characters that can be sent may vary depending on the device).
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Send
- International SMS will be stored. When "Store?" is displayed, select "Yes" to send.
- International SMS will be stored. When "Store?" is displayed, select "Yes" to send.
Service charges
Application | None |
Basic monthly rate | Free |
Payment | You will be billed for this service with your au mobile phone charges on the month following use of this service. |
International SMS communication charges
Sending | Receiving |
¥100 / message (tax exempt) | Free |
- You can use the free call time included in au rate plans (including Plan W) for international SMS.
Eligible carriers
- North America
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Location Country code Carrier United States (mainland)
1
Metro PCS
US Cellular
AT&T
T-Mobile USA
Verizon Wireless
Cellcom
Canada
1
Mobilicity
SaskTel
Videotron
Bell Mobility
Rogers
Telus
Guam
1
Choice Phone/iCONNECT
DOCOMO Pacific (Guam Cellular)
IT&E Overseas (PTI Pacifica, Inc)
Pulse Mobile (GTA)
- Asia
-
Location Country code Carrier India
91
Aircel
Bharti Airtel
BSNL
Reliance
Tata
Vodafone India
Indonesia
62
Mobile8
Hutchison
Indosat
Cambodia
855
Smart
CamGSM
Viettel Cambodia
CADCOMM
Singapore
65
SingTel
StarHub
Mobile One
Sri Lanka
94
Lanka Bell
Sri Lanka Telecom
Airtel Lanka
Etisalat Lanka
Hutch
MOBITEL
Thailand
66
AWN
DTAC
A.I.S
DTAC (Total Access Com)
Nepal
977
Smart Telecom Nepal
NDC (Nepal Telecom)
United Telecom
Pakistan
92
Ufone
CMPak
Mobilink
Telenor Pakistan
WaridTel
Special Communications
Bangladesh
880
Teletalk
Airtel Bangladesh (Warid Telecom)
Citycell (Pacific Bangladesh Telecom)
GrameenPhone
Orascom Bangladesh (Banglalink)
Robi Axiata (Aktel TM International)
Philippines
63
Globe Telecom
SMART Communications
Sun Cellular (Digitel)
Bhutan
975
B-mobile
TashiCell
Brunei
673
B-mobile
Progresif Cellular
Vietnam
84
GTEL Mobile
Vietnamobile
GPC Vinaphone (Vietnam Telecom Services)
Viettel
VN MOBIFONE
VNPT-I
Malaysia
60
Celcom Malaysia
DiGi Telecom
Maxis
U Mobile
Myanmar
95
MPT
OOREDOO
Telenor
Maldives
960
OOREDOO
Dhiraagu (Dhivehi Raajjeyge Gulhun)
Mongolia
976
Skytel Mongolia
Mobicom
Unitel
Laos
856
Beeline (TIGO)
ETL
LAO Telecom
STL (Start Telecom)
South Korea
82
KT
SK Telecom
LG U+
Hong Kong
852
3
China Mobile
Hutchison
SmarTone Vodafone
CSL
Taiwan
886
Asia Pacific Telecom
T STAR(VIBO)
Chunghwa Telecom
China
86
China Mobile
China Telecom
China Unicom
East Timor
670
Telemor (Viettel Timor Leste)
Timor Telecom
Thailand
66
True Move
- Oceania
-
Location Country code Carrier Australia
61
Singtel Optus
Telstra
vodafone AU
Pivotel Satellite
Samoa
685
Digicel Samoa
BlueSky Samoa
Nauru
674
Digicel Pacific
Solomon
677
Solomon Telekom
New Zealand
64
Two Degrees Mobile (NZ Communications)
vodafone NZ
Vanuatu
678
Digicel Vanuatu
Telecom Vanuatu
Papua New Guinea
675
Digicel PNG
Palau
680
PNCC
Fiji
679
Digicel Pacific
FJ VODAFONE
Federated States of Micronesia
691
FSM Telecom
French Polynesia
689
Vini
- Europe
-
Location Country code Carrier Ireland
353
3 IRL
Azerbaijan
994
Azercell
Armenia
374
Orange Armenia
England
44
EE/Orange
Marathon Telecom
Everything Everywhere
Hutchison 3 UK
Telefonica O2 UK
vodafone UK
LycaMobileUK
BT OnePhone
Italy
39
LycaMobile Italy
3 (Hutchison 3G Italy)
vodafone IT
Telecom Italia Mobile
Ukraine
380
MTS-UKR
Uzbekistan
998
Coscom (Ucell)
Estonia
372
EE elisa
EMT
Tele2 Eesti
Austria
43
Hutchison Drei Austria
Greece
30
WIND Hellas
Netherlands
31
KPN Mobile
T-Mobile
vodafone NL
Kazakhstan
7
K Cell
Cyprus
90
MTN Cyprus
Cytamobile - CYP
Primetel - Cyprus
Kyrgyz Republic
996
Megacom Alfa Telecom
Georgia
995
BEELINE GE (Mobitel)
Croatia
385
Croatian Telecom (T-Mobile)
Jersey
44
Jersey Airtel
Switzerland
41
Sunrise
Spain
34
Jazztel Spain
Orange Espana
vodafone ES
Yoigo
LycaMobile Spain
Slovakia
421
Telefonica O2 Slovakia
Serbia
381
Telenor
Tajikistan
992
Babilon-M
Czech Republic
420
T-Mobile Czech
Denmark
45
Telia Danmark
Germany
49
vodafone.de
LycaMobile Germany
T-Mobile (Telekom Deutschland)
Turkey
90
AVEA
Turkcell
VODAFONE TR
Norway
47
Telenor
France
33
Free Mobile
Lycamobile France
Bouygues Telecom
Orange France
SFR
Belgium
32
Telenet
B mobistar
Proximus(Belgacom)
KPN Belgium (BASE)
Poland
48
P4
PLUS (Polkomtel)
Bosnia and Herzegovina
387
BA-ERONET (PECT)
RS Telecom (m:tel)
Portugal
351
MEO (TMN)
NOS (Optimus)
Macedonia
389
ONE
Latvia
371
LMT
Romania
40
Cosmote
Orange Romania
Luxembourg
352
L VOX.LU (Orange)
P&T Luxembourg (LUXGSM)
TANGO
Russia
7
MegaFon
MTS-RUS
Vimpelcom (Beeline)
Tele2 (Rostov Celluear)
- Latin America
-
Location Country code Carrier Argentina
54
CTI Movil ARG
Telecom Personal
Telefonica Moviles Argentina
Antigua and Barbuda
1
Antigua Wireless Ventures
Uruguay
598
Telefonica Moviles Uruguay
AM Wireless Uruguay (CLARO)
Ecuador
593
Movistar
Conecel
Alegro PCS - ECU
El Salvador
503
Claro El Salvador(CTE Telecom)
Digicel S.A. de C.V. (El Salvador)
Telefonica Moviles El Salvador (Movistar)
Telemovil (Tigo) - SLV
Cuba
53
ETECSA (Cubacel)
Curacao
599
UTS (Setel) - ANT
Guatemala
502
COMCEL
Claro Guatemala
Telefonica Moviles Guatemala
Costa Rica
506
Claro CR Telecom
ICE
Telefónica de Costa Rica (Movistar)
Columbia
57
Comcel (Claro)
Telefonica Moviles Colombia (Movistar)
tiGO
Jamaica
1
C&W West Indies(LIME)
Digicel Jamaica
Suriname
597
Digicel Suriname
SR.TELESUR.GSM
Saint Vincent and the Grenadine Islands
1
C&W West Indies(LIME)
Chile
56
Claro (Chile)
Entel
Telefonica Movil Chile (Movistar)
Dominican Republic
1
Claro (Compania Dominicana de Telefonos, S.A.)
Orange
Trilogy
Trinidad and Tobago
1
TSTT
Digicel (Trinidad & Tobago)
Nicaragua
505
Enitel (Claro)
Movistar (Telefonia Celular)
Haiti
509
National Telecom (Natcom)
Panama
507
C&W (Panama)
Claro
Digicel (Panama)
Bahamas
1
BTC
Bermuda
1
Digicel Bermuda
CellOne(Bermuda Digital)
Paraguay
595
CTI Movil PRY
Tigo Telecel
Barbados
1246
C&W West Indies(LIME)
Puerto Rico
1
Puerto Rico Telephone (Claro)
Brazil
55
Nextel
Oi
Claro Americel
VIVO
TIM Cellular
Venezuela
58
Movilnet
Belize
501
BTL
Peru
51
Nextel
America Movil Peru (Claro)
Bolivia
591
Nuevatel
Honduras
504
Claro Hnd
Telefonica Celular (CELTEL)
Mexico
52
Iusacell
Pegaso PCS (Telefonica Moviles)
Telcel
- Middle East
-
Location Country code Carrier Afghanistan
93
AWCC
TDC Afghanistan
Etisalat Afghanistan
Afghan Telecom
United Arab Emirates
971
du
Yemen
967
MTN
Israel
972
Pelephone
Iraq
964
AsiaCell
Atheer Telecom Iraq (Zain)
Korek Telecom
Iran
98
Irancell (MTN)
Oman
968
nawras(Ooredoo)
Oman Mobile Telecom
Qatar
974
Vodafone Qatar
Kuwait
965
KT WATANIYA
Kuwait Telecom (VIVA)
zain KW
Saudi Arabia
966
Mobily(Etihad Etisalat)
zain SA
STC (Saudi Telecom)
Syria
963
MTN
Syriatel
Bahrain
973
VIVA Bahrain (STC)
zain BH
Jordan
962
Orange (prev. MobileCom)
- Africa
-
Location Country code Carrier Algeria
213
ATM (Mobilis)
Orascom Telecom Algerie (Djezzy)
Wataniya Telecom Algerie
Angola
244
Movicel
Unitel
Uganda
256
Airtel Uganda Celtel (Zain)
MTN-UGANDA
Orange
Uganda Telecom
Egypt
20
Vodafone Egypt
EGY MobiNiL
Ghana
233
Airtel
Glo Ghana(3G)
OneTouch (vodafone)
ScanCom (MTN)
Cape Verde
238
Cabo Verde Movel
Gabon
241
CELTEL GA
Libertis(Gabon Telecom)
Cameroon
237
MTN Cameroon
Orange CAM
Gambia
220
Africell Gambia
GM COMIUM
Guinea
224
Cellcom Guinee
Orange Guinee
Guinea-Bissau
245
Spacetel Guinee-Bissau (MTN)
Kenya
254
Airtel Kenya(Zain)
Safaricom
Telkom Kenya (Orange)
Ivory Coast
225
Atlantique Telecom Cote d'lvoire
MTN Cote d'Ivoire
Orange Cote d'lvoire
Congo
242
MTN Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo
243
Celtel Congo (Airtel)
SAIT Telecom (Tigo)
Vodacom Congo RDC
Zambia
260
Cell Z
Celtel (Zain)
MTN Zambia
Sierra Leone
232
Africel
CELTEL SL
Smart Sierra Leone
Djibouti
253
Djibouti Telecom
Zimbabwe
263
Econet
NetOne
Swaziland
268
Swazi MTN
Senegal
221
Sonatel Orange
Tigo Senegal (Sentel)
Somalia
252
Hormuud Telecom
SOM GOLIS
Tanzania
255
Airtel Tanzania (Celtel)
MIC Tanzania (Tigo)
VodaCom
Chad
235
Millicom Tchad
Tunisia
216
Orange
Tunisiana
Tunisie Telecom
Togo
228
Telcel Togo (Moove Togo)
TG-TOGO CELL
Nigeria
234
Etisalat
Celtel NIG
Globacom (Glo Mobile)
MTN NG
Niger
227
Telecel Niger
Orange Niger
Burkina Faso
226
BF Celtel
Onatel
Burundi
257
Econet Wireless
Benin
229
Etisalat Benin (Moov)
Glomobile Benin
Libercom
Botswana
267
Orange
Madagascar
261
Airtel (Celtel) Madagascar
Orange
Telma Mobile
Malawi
265
Airtel Malawi CelTel (Zain)
Telekom Networks Malawi
Mali
223
Malitel
Orange Mali
Mauritius
230
Cellplus (Orange Mauritius)
Mauritania
222
MR MATTEL
Mozambique
258
Vodacom Mozambique
Morocco
212
IAM(Maroc Telecom)
Wana
MEDI TELECOM
Libya
218
Almadar aljadid
Liberia
231
Cellcom
Lonestar Communications(MTN)
Lesotho
266
VCL
Reunion
262
Orange Reunion
SFR
Central Africa
236
Atlantique Telecom Centrafrique SA (Moove RCA)
Rwanda
250
Tigo Rwanda
Airtel Rwanda
South Africa
27
Cell C
MTN-SA
VodaCom
South Sudan
211
Zain SS
- Air, ships, and satellite
-
Location Country code Carrier Satellite
870
Inmarsat
Thuraya
Information on using "International SMS"
- Mobile Number Portability (MNP) customers may not be able to use International SMS.
- This service is for mobile devices that support SMS (C-mail).
- Customers using MOTOROLA RAZR™ IS12M will need to upgrade to Android4.0 to use this service.
- Prepaid Service mobile phones as well as some older models of mobile phones will not be able to use this service.
- International SMS communication charges are not eligible for the discounts that come with each rate plan.
- Communications charges will apply when sending International SMS (no communications charges are applied when receiving SMS). Communications charges may also be applied even when unable to send SMS due to sending errors or other causes.
- Communications charges will also apply when an international SMS does not reach a recipient due to the circumstances of an overseas carrier.
- Text that can be displayed on au mobile phones can be sent. However, the sent text may not be displayed properly on some mobile phones offered by overseas characters.
- It may be possible to use International SMS with carriers other than the connected carriers specified above. In these cases, communication charges still apply.
