Send SMS to Vanuatu
from $0.1320/msg

import requests

api_url = "https://api.smsroute.cc/send"
headers = {
    "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN",
    "Content-Type": "application/json"
}
payload = {
    "to": "+678 5ABC",
    "message": "Your verification code is 123456",
    "sender_id": "YourBrand"
}

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

curl -X POST https://api.smsroute.cc/send \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_API_TOKEN" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "to": "+678 5ABC",
    "message": "Your verification code is 123456",
    "sender_id": "YourBrand"
  }'

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: "+6785551234567",
    from: "smsroute",
    text: "Your verification code is 384921",
  }),
});

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

package main

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

func main() {
    payload, _ := json.Marshal(map[string]string{
        "to":   "+6785551234567",
        "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))
}

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

$payload = json_encode([
    'to'   => '+6785551234567',
    '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);

Mobile Operators in Vanuatu

bmobile-vodafone (55% market share) — Vanuatu's dominant carrier, offering 2G/3G/4G coverage across major population centers and outer islands. Interconnect via smsroute is direct, with carrier-level sender ID registration available. Response times are typically 1–2 business days for registration requests. Message delivery to bmobile-vodafone subscribers is highly reliable due to network maturity and infrastructure investment.

Digicel (45% market share) — Secondary operator with comparable coverage and modern network infrastructure. Digicel is owned by Digicel Group (Caribbean and Pacific operator). Direct interconnect via smsroute ensures parity with bmobile-vodafone in terms of latency and delivery success. Sender ID registration with Digicel is similarly fast, often completing within 2–3 business days.

Both operators are tier-1 carriers with no known blocking policies for legitimate A2P SMS. Regulatory compliance and realistic traffic volumes reduce the risk of sudden blocks or filtering. smsroute's delivery success of 96.5% reflects the stability and maturity of both networks.

Vanuatu Consent Framework & Regulatory Landscape

Vanuatu's Consumer Protection Act establishes the primary legal framework for SMS marketing. Unlike the EU's GDPR or Australia's Spam Act, Vanuatu's regime is less prescriptive and relies more on implied consent for transactional messages and explicit opt-in for marketing.

Transactional SMS — order confirmations, password resets, account alerts, delivery notifications — are permitted under implied consent. You do not require prior written opt-in for these messages. However, you must ensure the recipient is genuinely expecting the message (e.g., they initiated an account sign-up or transaction).

Marketing SMS — promotional offers, product announcements, newsletter invitations — require explicit, documented opt-in consent. You must retain records of consent and provide a clear unsubscribe mechanism (typically "reply STOP"). The regulator, the Vanuatu Regulator of Telecommunications and Broadcasting (VRCA, https://www.vrut.gov.vu/), has published guidance on fair trading practices and compliance expectations, though the formal enforcement regime is less developed than in Western jurisdictions.

In practice, VRCA enforces against egregious spam and fraud rather than minor consent lapses. The regulator has published enforcement actions against major senders of unsolicited bulk SMS and operators facilitating scams. Best practice: maintain consent logs, honor unsubscribe requests immediately, and avoid sending marketing SMS to numbers that have not explicitly opted in. This approach protects your sender reputation and minimizes regulatory friction.

Pricing: smsroute vs. Competitors

smsroute's Vanuatu rate of $0.1320 USD per SMS is the lowest in the market. Our pricing reflects direct carrier interconnect, elimination of middleman margins, and crypto-native operations (no payment processing overhead). No volume discounts are needed; every customer pays the same competitive rate. Billing is per-message, with no monthly minimums, no platform fees, and no setup charges.

Latency & Delivery Performance

smsroute maintains a median latency (p50) of 260 ms to Vanuatu and a 95th percentile (p95) latency of 355 ms. This performance is competitive for a regional gateway serving a distant Pacific island nation. The latency budget reflects network hops from our Sydney POP, carrier processing, and handset delivery. Under normal conditions, messages are delivered in 1–3 seconds. Occasional network congestion (holidays, peak hours) may add 1–2 seconds but rarely exceeds 10 seconds for legitimate traffic.

Delivery success rate is 96.5% across both bmobile-vodafone and Digicel. This rate reflects successful acceptance by carrier networks; a small portion of failures stem from invalid numbers, ported numbers with stale routing, or handsets powered off at delivery time. smsroute's 99.9% uptime ensures your messages are never lost due to our infrastructure; they are queued and retried automatically until delivery succeeds or the retry window expires (typically 24–48 hours depending on carrier policy).

Frequently Asked Questions

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