Send SMS to Poland
from $0.0120/msg

curl -X POST https://api.smsroute.cc/send \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "to": "+48501234567",
    "message": "Your OTP code is 123456. Valid for 10 minutes.",
    "sender_id": "YourBrand",
    "message_type": "transactional"
  }'

import requests
import json

api_token = "YOUR_API_TOKEN"
url = "https://api.smsroute.cc/send"

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

payload = {
    "to": "+48501234567",
    "message": "Order #12345 confirmed. Tracking: https://example.com/track",
    "sender_id": "YourBrand",
    "message_type": "transactional"
}

response = requests.post(url, headers=headers, json=payload)
print(response.status_code)
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: "+485551234567",
    from: "smsroute",
    text: "Your verification code is 384921",
  }),
});

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

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

$payload = json_encode([
    'to'   => '+485551234567',
    '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":   "+485551234567",
        "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))
}

Pricing: smsroute.cc vs. Competitors

smsroute.cc's $0.0120 rate represents a 52% saving versus Twilio's list price ($0.0250) and is the lowest among all major gateway providers. Unlike traditional SMS gateways, we do not charge setup fees, monthly minimums, or hidden surcharges. You pay only for messages sent, deducted from your crypto wallet balance in real time. If you are sending 10,000 SMS per month to Poland, that is $120/month at smsroute.cc versus $250/month at Twilio—a saving of $130 every month, or $1,560 annually.

Mobile Operators in Poland

Orange Polska (35% market share): Poland's largest mobile operator by subscriber count. Orange Polska maintains extensive nationwide coverage and operates a modern LTE/5G network. Direct SMS interconnection with Orange Polska is routed through tier-1 peering agreements; smsroute.cc delivery to any +48 5xx number on the Orange network is consistently sub-300 ms latency.

Plus / T-Mobile (32% market share): Poland's second-largest operator, now branded as "Plus" following the T-Mobile acquisition in 2023. Plus operates significant LTE coverage and is actively expanding 5G infrastructure. SMS delivery through Plus's network achieves comparable latency and reliability to Orange Polska.

Play (25% market share): A major operator founded as a mobile virtual network operator (MVNO) that later obtained its own spectrum license. Play typically targets price-sensitive consumers and has built a substantial subscriber base. SMS delivery to Play numbers is reliable and low-latency via our direct interconnection.

Netia (8% market share): A smaller operator and MVNO that rounds out Poland's competitive landscape. Netia provides nationwide coverage in roaming agreements with larger operators. SMS sent to Netia subscribers is routed through our partnerships and delivered with the same 98.7% success rate as the major operators.

Combined, these four operators reach 38.9 million mobile subscribers at 118% penetration, indicating that many Poles hold multiple SIM cards (personal, work, budget SIMs from different providers, etc.). smsroute.cc's direct interconnect with all four ensures your messages reach the broadest possible audience across the Polish market.

Consent Framework — GDPR and Polish ePrivacy Law

Poland is fully subject to the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), which governs how personal data—including phone numbers—may be collected, stored, and used. For SMS specifically, Poland's ePrivacy Law (implementing the ePrivacy Directive 2002/58/EC) adds an additional layer of consent requirements. Under both frameworks, marketing SMS requires explicit opt-in consent from the recipient before the first send.

What does "explicit opt-in" mean in practice? The recipient must have taken an affirmative action—such as checking a checkbox, replying to a confirmation email, or verbally agreeing—to receive SMS marketing from your organization. Pre-checked boxes, silence, or inferred consent do not suffice. Polish courts and UKE take a strict view of consent, particularly in the B2C (business-to-consumer) context. If you send marketing SMS to a list of numbers without documented explicit consent, you expose yourself to complaints to UKE, potential enforcement action, and civil claims from recipients.

Transactional SMS—messages like one-time passwords (OTP), password resets, order confirmations, delivery notifications, and appointment reminders—are exempt from the marketing consent requirement. These messages serve a legitimate business function and are sent in response to an action the user has already initiated (e.g., logging into an account or placing an order). You do not need marketing-specific consent for transactional SMS, but you do need a lawful basis under GDPR to process the phone number in the first place (e.g., the user provided it during account registration).

When you send via smsroute.cc, you declare the message type—either "marketing" or "transactional"—as part of the API request or dashboard submission. We do not independently verify your consent records or lawful basis; that is your responsibility as the message sender and data controller. However, we reserve the right to refuse service if we become aware that you are systematically sending marketing SMS to non-consenting recipients. UKE enforces compliance through inspections, complaints investigations, and—where violations are found—administrative fines and mandated remediation.

Latency and Delivery Performance

smsroute.cc maintains a median (p50) delivery latency of 200 milliseconds to Polish mobile operators and a 95th percentile (p95) latency of 350 milliseconds. This means that 95% of your SMS messages to Poland are delivered within 350 ms, and the typical (median) message arrives in just 200 ms. These metrics reflect our direct interconnections with Orange Polska, Plus, Play, and Netia, combined with geographically distributed platform redundancy and real-time failover logic.

Overall delivery success to Poland is 98.7%. The remaining 1.3% of failures are attributable to a mix of factors: recipient's phone switched off or out of coverage temporarily, invalid number formats caught by operator validation, operator-level rate limits (rare, as we maintain sufficient throughput agreements), and genuine network errors. We track all delivery statuses and provide webhook callbacks or polling queries so you can confirm successful delivery or investigate failures in real time.

Platform uptime is 99.9%, meaning smsroute.cc experiences an average of less than 43 minutes of downtime per month. We operate redundant API gateways, load-balanced across multiple data centers, with 24/7 on-call engineering support. Our tier-1 operator connections ensure that even during peak traffic periods, your messages are prioritized and routed through optimal network paths.

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