Send SMS to Honduras
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SMS Pricing for Honduras: smsroute vs. Competitors

smsroute charges $0.0260 USD per SMS to Honduras—39% cheaper than Twilio's $0.0426 rate. For a 100,000-message monthly campaign, smsroute saves you $1,660 USD. No setup fees, no monthly minimums, no volume discounts required.

smsroute's pricing is transparent: you see the cost per SMS upfront, and there are no hidden operator surcharges, route fees, or overage charges. Your crypto balance covers all SMS costs directly. Top up and send—no billing surprises.

Mobile Operators in Honduras: Coverage and Market Share

All three operators enforce CONATEL quiet-hour rules. None offer soft opt-in; all filter unsolicited SMS aggressively. Maintain separate opt-in records for Claro, Tigo, and Movistar segments to maximize compliance and deliverability.

Honduras SMS Consent Framework: LPDP and CONATEL Requirements

The Ley de Protección de Datos Personales (LPDP) is Honduras's primary data protection statute. It applies to all personal data processing, including phone numbers used for SMS marketing. Under LPDP Article 6, consent must be:

• Express: The recipient must clearly agree to receive SMS marketing. Silence, pre-ticked checkboxes, or opt-out models are insufficient.
• Informed: Recipients must know who is sending SMS and the purpose (e.g., "promotional offers from EStore Honduras").
• Documented: Maintain records of consent (date, method, message, recipient response) for at least two years.

CONATEL oversight: CONATEL enforces SMS regulations via its administrative rules. CONATEL has published guidance requiring sender registration and consent compliance. Violations result in warnings, temporary sender-ID suspension, or escalation to the LPDP data protection authority. The regulator has published enforcement actions against major senders who violated quiet hours or sent unsolicited messages.

Quiet hours: Marketing SMS must be sent between 08:00 and 20:00 CST (Central Standard Time, UTC−6). This is a hard rule; messages sent outside these hours may be queued or rejected by operators. Transactional SMS (password resets, order confirmations, bank alerts) are not subject to quiet-hour restrictions and may be sent 24/7.

Alphanumeric sender IDs: Honduras permits alphanumeric sender IDs up to 11 characters. CONATEL pre-registration is recommended. To register, provide your business name, use case, and evidence of LPDP compliance (e.g., a consent log sample). Registration typically takes 3–5 business days and improves delivery rates across all three major operators.

Latency and Delivery Performance to Honduras

smsroute achieves 252 ms median latency (p50) for SMS delivery to Honduras, with the 95th percentile at 610 ms. This means 95% of your messages reach Claro, Tigo, or Movistar within 610 milliseconds. Combined with 99.9% uptime and 99% tier-1 operator delivery, this performance supports time-sensitive use cases: OTP delivery for banking, ecommerce checkouts, ride-sharing confirmations, and healthcare alerts.

Delivery success rate: smsroute reports 97.6% successful delivery across all three Honduran operators. Undelivered messages are typically due to subscriber non-existence, handset disconnection, or roaming outside Honduras. No delivery means no charge—you pay only for messages our gateway confirms as delivered.

For applications requiring sub-second latency or guaranteed delivery, consider smsroute's priority tier (available on request), which queues your messages ahead of standard traffic and provides delivery receipts for each message.

Frequently Asked Questions about SMS to Honduras

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curl -X POST https://api.smsroute.cc/send \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_KEY" \
  -d '{
    "to": "+50474123456",
    "text": "Hello from smsroute!",
    "sender_id": "MyBrand"
  }'

import requests

api_key = "YOUR_API_KEY"
url = "https://api.smsroute.cc/send"

payload = {
    "to": "+50474123456",
    "text": "Hello from smsroute!",
    "sender_id": "MyBrand"
}

headers = {
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
    "Authorization": f"Bearer {api_key}"
}

response = requests.post(url, json=payload, headers=headers)
print(response.json())

import fetch from "node-fetch";

const apiKey = process.env.SMSROUTE_API_KEY;

const res = await fetch("https://api.smsroute.cc/messages", {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${apiKey}`,
    "Content-Type": "application/json",
  },
  body: JSON.stringify({
    to: "+5045551234567",
    from: "smsroute",
    text: "Your verification code is 384921",
  }),
});

console.log(await res.json());

<?php
$apiKey = getenv('SMSROUTE_API_KEY');

$payload = json_encode([
    'to'   => '+5045551234567',
    'from' => 'smsroute',
    'text' => 'Your verification code is 384921',
], JSON_UNESCAPED_UNICODE);

$ch = curl_init('https://api.smsroute.cc/messages');
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_POST => true,
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        'Authorization: Bearer ' . $apiKey,
        'Content-Type: application/json',
    ],
    CURLOPT_POSTFIELDS => $payload,
]);

echo curl_exec($ch);
curl_close($ch);

package main

import (
    "bytes"
    "encoding/json"
    "fmt"
    "io"
    "net/http"
    "os"
)

func main() {
    payload, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]string{
        "to":   "+5045551234567",
        "from": "smsroute",
        "text": "Your verification code is 384921",
    })

    req, _ := http.NewRequest("POST",
        "https://api.smsroute.cc/messages",
        bytes.NewBuffer(payload))
    req.Header.Set("Authorization", "Bearer "+os.Getenv("SMSROUTE_API_KEY"))
    req.Header.Set("Content-Type", "application/json")

    resp, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
    if err != nil { panic(err) }
    defer resp.Body.Close()

    body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    fmt.Println(string(body))
}