Where the Benbria Messaging Credit system and Fair Use Policy reference SMS Texting Zones 1-5, these zones are defined below.
A SMS (Short Message Service or 'Texting') message is classified into an SMS Zone (1, 2, 3, 4 or 5) based on the country of the device the message is sent to (for Mobile-Terminate or MT messages) to or received from (for Mobile-Originated or MO messages). Benbria has five SMS Zones:
SMS1 | SMS Text Message, Zone 1 |
SMS2 | SMS Text Message, Zone 2 |
SMS3 | SMS Text Message, Zone 3 |
SMS4 | SMS Text Message, Zone 4 |
SMS5 | SMS Text Message, Zone 5 |
The following are the specific countries included in each region above. Uncategorized countries follow.
SMS1: SMS Text Message, Zone 1
- Canada (CA)
- United States of America (US)
- Virgin Islands, U.S. (VI)
SMS2: SMS Text Message, Zone 2
- Andorra (AD)
- Antigua and Barbuda (AG)
- Aruba (AW)
- Bahamas (BS)
- Bahrain (BH)
- Belize (BZ)
- Brunei Darussalam (BN)
- Burkina Faso (BF)
- Burundi (BI)
- Cambodia (KH)
- Central African Republic (CF)
- Congo (CG)
- Djibouti (DJ)
- El Salvador (SV)
- Equatorial Guinea (GQ)
- Faroe Islands (FO)
- French Polynesia (PF)
- Gabon (GA)
- Gambia (GM)
- Georgia (GE)
- Gibraltar (GI)
- Guam (GU)
- Guinea (GN)
- Haiti (HT)
- India (IN)
- Indonesia (ID)
- Iran, Islamic Republic of (IR)
- Israel (IL)
- Jordan (JO)
- Kazakhstan (KZ)
- Kenya (KE)
- Kuwait (KW)
- Lao People's Democratic Republic (LA)
- Latvia (LV)
- Lesotho (LS)
- Liechtenstein (LI)
- Lithuania (LT)
- Luxembourg (LU)
- Macao (MO)
- Macedonia, the former Yugoslav Republic of (MK)
- Maldives (MV)
- Mozambique (MZ)
- Nigeria (NG)
- Niue (NU)
- Pakistan (PK)
- Paraguay (PY)
- Philippines (PH)
- Romania (RO)
- Russian Federation (RU)
- Saint Lucia (LC)
- Serbia (RS)
- Seychelles (SC)
- Singapore (SG)
- Slovenia (SI)
- South Sudan (SS)
- Suriname (SR)
- Tajikistan (TJ)
- Thailand (TH)
- Trinidad and Tobago (TT)
- Zimbabwe (ZW)
SMS3: SMS Text Message, Zone 3
- Afghanistan (AF)
- Angola (AO)
- Anguilla (AI)
- Armenia (AM)
- Azerbaijan (AZ)
- Barbados (BB)
- Belarus (BY)
- Benin (BJ)
- Bermuda (BM)
- Bhutan (BT)
- Bolivia, Plurinational State of (BO)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina (BA)
- Botswana (BW)
- Cabo Verde (CV)
- Cayman Islands (KY)
- Chad (TD)
- China (CN)
- Comoros (KM)
- Congo, the Democratic Republic of the (CD)
- Cook Islands (CK)
- Costa Rica (CR)
- Côte d'Ivoire (CI)
- Croatia (HR)
- Cuba (CU)
- Cyprus (CY)
- Czechia (CZ)
- Denmark (DK)
- Dominica (DM)
- Estonia (EE)
- Ethiopia (ET)
- Fiji (FJ)
- Ghana (GH)
- Greenland (GL)
- Grenada (GD)
- Guatemala (GT)
- Guernsey (GG)
- Guyana (GY)
- Honduras (HN)
- Hong Kong (HK)
- Iceland (IS)
- Iraq (IQ)
- Isle of Man (IM)
- Jamaica (JM)
- Jersey (JE)
- Korea, Republic of (KR)
- Kyrgyzstan (KG)
- Lebanon (LB)
- Libya (LY)
- Madagascar (MG)
- Malawi (MW)
- Malaysia (MY)
- Malta (MT)
- Martinique (MQ)
- Mauritania (MR)
- Mauritius (MU)
- Mexico (MX)
- Moldova, Republic of (MD)
- Mongolia (MN)
- Montenegro (ME)
- Montserrat (MS)
- Namibia (NA)
- Nepal (NP)
- Nicaragua (NI)
- Niger (NE)
- Norfolk Island (NF)
- Oman (OM)
- Panama (PA)
- Papua New Guinea (PG)
- Peru (PE)
- Poland (PL)
- Portugal (PT)
- Rwanda (RW)
- Saint Kitts and Nevis (KN)
- Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (VC)
- Samoa (WS)
- Saudi Arabia (SA)
- Senegal (SN)
- Sierra Leone (SL)
- Slovakia (SK)
- Somalia (SO)
- South Africa (ZA)
- Sri Lanka (LK)
- Sudan (SD)
- Switzerland (CH)
- Tanzania, United Republic of (TZ)
- Togo (TG)
- Tonga (TO)
- Tunisia (TN)
- Turkey (TR)
- Turkmenistan (TM)
- Turks and Caicos Islands (TC)
- Uganda (UG)
- United Arab Emirates (AE)
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (GB)
- Uruguay (UY)
- Vanuatu (VU)
- Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of (VE)
- Virgin Islands, British (VG)
- Yemen (YE)
- Zambia (ZM)
SMS4: SMS Text Message, Zone 4
- Albania (AL)
- Algeria (DZ)
- American Samoa (AS)
- Argentina (AR)
- Australia (AU)
- Bangladesh (BD)
- Brazil (BR)
- Bulgaria (BG)
- Cameroon (CM)
- Chile (CL)
- Christmas Island (CX)
- Cocos (Keeling) Islands (CC)
- Colombia (CO)
- Dominican Republic (DO)
- Ecuador (EC)
- Egypt (EG)
- Falkland Islands (Malvinas) (FK)
- France (FR)
- Greece (GR)
- Guadeloupe (GP)
- Guinea-Bissau (GW)
- Hungary (HU)
- Ireland (IE)
- Italy (IT)
- Japan (JP)
- Liberia (LR)
- Micronesia, Federated States of (FM)
- Morocco (MA)
- Myanmar (MM)
- Norway (NO)
- Palau (PW)
- Palestine, State of (PS)
- Puerto Rico (PR)
- Qatar (QA)
- San Marino (SM)
- Solomon Islands (SB)
- Spain (ES)
- Svalbard and Jan Mayen (SJ)
- Swaziland (SZ)
- Sweden (SE)
- Syrian Arab Republic (SY)
- Taiwan, Province of China (TW)
- Ukraine (UA)
- Uzbekistan (UZ)
- Viet Nam (VN)
- Western Sahara (EH)
SMS5: SMS Text Message, Zone 5
- Åland Islands (AX)
- Antarctica (AQ)
- Austria (AT)
- Belgium (BE)
- Eritrea (ER)
- Finland (FI)
- French Guiana (GF)
- French Southern Territories (TF)
- Germany (DE)
- Mali (ML)
- Marshall Islands (MH)
- Mayotte (YT)
- Monaco (MC)
- Netherlands (NL)
- New Caledonia (NC)
- New Zealand (NZ)
- Réunion (RE)
- Saint Pierre and Miquelon (PM)
- Sao Tome and Principe (ST)
- Timor-Leste (TL)
Uncategorized:
To inquire about an uncategorized country, please contact Benbria support:
- Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba (BQ)
- Bouvet Island (BV)
- British Indian Ocean Territory (IO)
- Curaçao (CW)
- Heard Island and McDonald Islands (HM)
- Holy See (VA)
- Kiribati (KI)
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of (KP)
- Nauru (NR)
- Northern Mariana Islands (MP)
- Pitcairn (PN)
- Saint Barthélemy (BL)
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha (SH)
- Saint Martin (French part) (MF)
- Sint Maarten (Dutch part) (SX)
- South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (GS)
- Tokelau (TK)
- Tuvalu (TV)
- United States Minor Outlying Islands (UM)
- Wallis and Futuna (WF)
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