Overview
SME Bulk SMS is a self-service messaging solution designed to enable small and medium businesses to promote their business cost-effectively.
Features of Bulk SMS
- Sender ID Customization: Customers will be able to choose from a list of pre-registered sender IDs or register new sender IDs for approval within 6 working hours for on-net termination and 48 hours for termination to all networks. Sender IDs will have a maximum of 11 characters
- SMS Campaign Scheduling: Customers will be able to schedule delivery of SMS to a pre-loaded list of phone numbers up to 7 days in advance.
- Text Merge: Customers will be able to merge i.e., targeted clients’ names with SMS content for individualized messaging
- Duplicated Numbers Removal: MTN’s platform will be able to automatically remove duplicates from uploaded lists of phone numbers to avoid multiple delivery of messages to the same numbers
- Excel Plug-in/Number Extractor
- Delivery Reports & Usage Notifications: Customers will be to view and/or generate reports on real-time delivery statuses of each Bulk SMS transaction. History of customers’ transactions will be accessible to customers via web and mobile app. Also, customers will receive usage notifications at 50%, 80% and 100%.
- Payment Options: Debit Cards Bank (Deposit/Transfers) Airtime Mobile Money (MoMo)
- Customers will be able to purchase the proposed Bulk SMS via Web, myMTN App, USSD and SMS (shortcode)
Proposed SME Bulk SMS Price Plans
| Volume Bands | Standard Price (Price/Page) | Discounted Price (Price/Page) | Validity |
| 500 – 2,000 | ₦2.15 | ₦2.00 | 30 days |
| 2,001 – 10,000 | ₦2.05 | ₦1.90 | 30 days |
| 10,001 – 25,000 | ₦2.00 | ₦1.85 | 30 days |
| 25,001 – 50,000 | ₦1.95 | ₦1.80 | 30 days |
Other capabilities/tools:
- Price Calculator
- SMS Delivery via HTTP, SMPP, XML SMS API
- Dedicated Customers Support