A2P 10DLC Fees & Surcharges

The table below details the fees associated with running A2P 10DLC traffic, including both carrier fees and fees from The Campaign Registry (TCR), the organization which manages brand and campaign authorization and vetting for multiple U.S. Mobile Network Operators. Please see our documentation regarding the 10DLC registration process here.

Note that all following fees are passed through by Aerialink in the billing cycle following the time the fee is incurred. If the fee is due to non-compliance, details will be provided.

IMPORTANT NOTICE!: Starting December 1, 2024 the 10DLC delivery hub is closing the non-sanctioned route. Blocked messages will be subject to messaging fees. Customers using 10-digit long codes for delivery in the U.S. must be 10DLC-registered on the sanctioned route to continue sending messages.

Updated 10/28/2024

¹ All campaign registration submissions have an initial three-month term commitment and shall automatically renew for successive one-month terms unless deactivated by user. Campaigns are billed monthly. Please note that campaigns deactivated within three (3) months of creation will still incur the full three-month charge. To ensure your campaign does not inadvertently expire, the auto-renew checkbox is enabled by default in the Aerialink Registration Application.
² The result is 0-100 score that will place the Brand in one of available Carrier “trust” Tiers. Any Brand that does not apply for External Vetting will be subject to daily message and throughput restrictions, unless they are on the Russell 3000 index. External vetting may be required for Special Use Case Campaigns.
³ In order for traffic bound for AT&T to incur the “registered” surcharge, it must be associated with an AT&T-approved campaign and have all associated long code numbers published correctly with the Number Registry. Customers using our 10DLC portal can use the portal to add numbers to their campaign. When the code shows its status as “success,” traffic on that code toward AT&T will be considered “registered.”
⁴ Each message segment of a concatenated message counts as an individual message. The number of messages charged is equal to the number of message segments, not the number of whole messages composed.
⁵ The cost is $95 unless the brand has previously requested Standard and is upgrading to Enhanced, for which the cost will be the pricing difference of $55. This upgrade must occur within thirty (30) days of submitting for the Standard External Brand Vetting.
⁶Collected on behalf of Aegis Mobile or WMC
⁷Collected on behalf of Aegis Mobile
⁸Pertains only to qualified reseller customers whose Service Provider ID is vanity-hosted by Aerialink with the number registry.

• For additional reference regarding any T-Mobile fees, please see the T-Mobile Code of Conduct, section 4, and the Additional T-Mobile 10DLC Requirements. For reference to T-Mobile’s outbound restrictions by brand, see the T-Mobile Daily Message Buckets.

• See the AT&T Message Class information for details about message throughput limits by campaign.

Additional Notes:

• Though brands and campaigns may be TCR-registered, brands must associate the dedicated long codes to their campaign so that they are properly migrated to the T-Mobile A2P platform. If this is not completed, your traffic will be classified as “non-migrated” and will remain on the T-Mobile P2P route. The P2P route is subject to additional filtering and will incur higher surcharge fees. After the effective date, A2P traffic which has not been migrated may also incur the Grey Route non-compliance fees mentioned above.
• Aerialink does not guarantee that any MNO (in general or in particular) will approve or maintain approval of any campaign.
• The fees in the above table are non-refundable irrespective of campaign approval, termination or suspension whether by the CSP, TCR or MNOs.
• Any ten-digit long code with a country code of +1 delivering to U.S. carriers requires 10DLC registration.
• A full list of all outbound carrier surcharges for +1 long codes can be found here.

Short Code Leasing Fees

Dedicated short codes in the US and Canada are administered through a central body in each country. These bodies require a monthly leasing fee which we pass through to the customer. Short Code delivery to US and Canada require two different leases and processes. Often times the same code is available from both administrations.

These fees are applied for the lease of a short code per allocated number. Other applicable fees such as setup, monthly hosting, and message rates may be obtained from Aerialink Sales. Codes are prepaid in 3, 6 or 12 month increments. Lease fees are applicable starting on the date of reservation of the short code and NOT the date on which the service commences. An application/form detailing your short code program and message flow is required to each country from which you lease. Aerialink will manage the filing and certification process for you, as well as provide the payment and renewals for the short code under the Aerialink account.

Contact your Aerialink Account Manager for more information about the fees and how they apply to you.

Note: Credit card fees may apply for volume orders.

United States

Short codes and services are subject to approval by U.S. carriers who individually approve each short code for its intended use. Average approval time for the full carrier certification of a short code SMS program is eight to twelve weeks, but can take longer. The certification time for MMS programs may vary. You will find more information about leasing U.S. short codes here.

Canada

Short codes and services are subject to approval by Canadian carriers who individually approve each short code for its intended use. Average approval time for the full carrier certification of a short code SMS program is roughly forty days. You will find more information about leasing Canadian short codes here

Note: Rates may vary based on the current CAD->USD exchange rate.*

+1 Long Code Registry Fee

An industry-wide monthly recurring registry fee of $0.02 USD per long code effective March 1, 2021 applies to all text-enabled numbers with a +1 country code. This fee includes the base registry fee of $.01 + the 10DLC A2P number fee of $.01. Carriers in the US consider all Aerialink traffic to be A2P.

Toll-Free (8XX) Registry Fee

An industry-wide monthly recurring registry fee of $0.02 USD per toll-free number effective March 1, 2022. This applies to all text-enabled numbers with a prefix of 800, 833, 844, 855, 866, 877, and 888.

Bandwidth Inc. Passthrough Fee

Effective January 1st, 2021 a Bandwidth passthrough fee of $0.50 per number, per month will be imposed when the following conditions apply:

• Where the underlying carrier of the number is Bandwidth Inc.
• Where the number was text-enabled by Aerialink from July 17th, 2020 onward.

Bandwidth numbers text-enabled by Aerialink prior to July 17th, 2020 are not subject to this passthrough fee.