"As of October 2018, Saudi Arabia is the largest economy in the Middle East and the 18th largest in the world. Saudi Arabia has the world's second-largest proven petroleum reserves and the country is the largest exporter of petroleum. It also has the fifth-largest proven natural gas reserves. Saudi Arabia is considered an "energy superpower". It has the third highest total estimated value of natural resources, valued at US$34.4 trillion in 2016. Saudi Arabia's command economy is petroleum-based; roughly 63% of budget revenues and 67% of export earnings come from the oil industry. It is strongly dependent on foreign workers with about 80% of those employed in the private sector being non-Saudi." - Wikipedia
Networks in Saudi Arabia have implemented very complex spam filters that in most cases block even legitimate application to person traffic. Therefore, cheap signaling/roaming links do not deliver well, especially for high-value content such as password delivery or alerts. Additionally, all routes in Saudi are unstable due to local issues, so relying on one route is not possible.
1s2u has therefore created a dynamic routing in Saudi Arabia, which combines several routes and chooses the best one to ensure your message is delivered.
Contact our sales advisor to ensure compliance with all SMS regulations.
Sender ID:
| Network Coverage | Sender ID | More Information |
| Saudi Telecom Company (STC) | pre-registration | |
| Etihad Etisalat Company (Mobily) | pre-registration | |
| zain | pre-registration | |
| PTC (iDEN) | Dynamic Alphabet | |
| Virgin Mobile | pre-registration |
Please be informed that as of recent, there is a new implementation with bulk senderID rules for all Saudi operators to reduce spam.
For bulk message (Ads and promotions, anything non-transactional) SenderID must include the postfix "-AD" or " AD". So promotional content has to be sent with "SID-AD" (length = 11 digits) format.
Know more about types of Sender IDs here.
Regulations & Restrictions:
The following content is not allowed in SMS messages:
- Adult content
- Mobile gambling/casinos (real money)
- Sportsbook (real money)
- Virtual gambling (virtual credit)
- Lottery (real money)
- Religious Contents
Read more our Service Usage Policy to ensure the delivery of all your SMS messages.
You can also read more at the Communications and Information Technology Commission, which regulates Saudi Arabian SMS messaging.
Note:
Promotional and marketing contents are allowed only from 7 am to 10 pm in Saudi Arabia time zone (GMT +03:00). Whitelisted will not be affected by these regulations. It is important to abide by all restrictions imposed by the hosted country.