🇰🇼 SMS Destination Guide for Kuwait

Country dialing code: +965. We deliver to 3 mobile network operators within Kuwait, including Zain and VIVA. Learn how to send compliant SMS to Kuwait with our guide below.

Price per SMS

16.8p ex VAT

Two-way support

Not available

Sender ID Types

  • Alphanumeric

    Your brand name as the sender

    After registration

    • Your brand name as the sender, with no reply path.

Sender ID registration is required by Kuwait's networks. We handle the paperwork, and our own KYC and Sender ID verification applies to every account on top for your safety and security.

Kuwait's mobile networks

One flat 16.8p rate covers every network we reach in Kuwait.

  • Zain Kuwait 1.3M subscribers
  • VIVA 1M subscribers
  • Ooredoo Kuwait 1M subscribers

Compliance in Kuwait

  • Opt-out: No opt-out content is required for marketing SMS.
  • Sending times: There is no official messaging curfew, but operators prefer that promotional SMS is not sent between 21:00 and 09:00 local time (GMT + 03:00).
  • Restricted content: Adult content · Alcohol and tobacco · Gambling · Medicines and drugs · Political content · Religious content
  • Registration: Brands sending both transactional and marketing traffic must register two separate sender IDs per operator regulation: one for transactional traffic, which bypasses DND filters, and one for marketing traffic, which has DND filtering applied.
  • The sender address should be the name of the brand or app the message content originates from.
  • Generic sender addresses, including numeric ones, are not allowed and will be blocked by the operators.
  • DND filtering is applied to marketing traffic.

These rules are what we generally check against, however they may not be up-to-date. We'll always keep you informed of what is needed for each destination throughout any registration process.

Regulators & industry bodies

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