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Carrier passthrough fees

Overview

U.S. and Canadian carriers apply per-segment surcharges or fees to A2P (Application-to-Person) traffic. These fees are charged by carriers (like AT&T, T-Mobile, and Verizon) for sending or receiving SMS and MMS messages on their networks.

Fees vary by carrier, message type (SMS or MMS), and direction (inbound or outbound).

  • Inbound / Mobile Originating (MO): Messages received by SignalWire phone numbers
  • Outbound / Mobile Terminating (MT): Messages sent by SignalWire phone numbers

SignalWire passes on carrier-imposed surcharges at-cost, with no additional markup. The tables below outline current rates, subject to change based on carrier updates.

Rate tables

Long code

Carriers assess the below fees for messages sent from long code or 10DLC

numbers.

Operator nameOutbound (MT)Inbound (MO)Country
Bell Mobility$0.0160$0Canada
Fido$0.0087$0Canada
Freedom Mobile$0.0066$0Canada
Rogers Canada$0.0087$0Canada
Sasktel$0.0061$0Canada
Telus Mobility$0.0064$0Canada
Videotron$0.0066$0Canada
Virgin Mobile Canada$0.0160$0Canada
Fibernetics Canada$0.0037$0Canada
AT&T$0.0030$0.0030United States
T-Mobile/Sprint$0.0030$0.0030United States
Verizon$0.004$0United States
US Cellular$0.0050$0United States
C-Spire$0.0035$0.0035United States
Commnet$0.0025$0United States
TextNow$0.0020$0United States
Bluegrass$0.0025$0United States
Claro Puerto Rico$0.00875$0United States
Dish Wireless$0.0035$0United States
Liberty Puerto Rico$0.005175$0United States
1stPoint, FirstPoint$0.0035$0United States
ASTAC$0.0035$0.0035United States
Break Away Wireless$0.0035$0.0035United States
Carolina West Wireless$0.0035$0.0035United States
Cellcom$0.0035$0.0035United States
Chat Mobility$0.0035$0.0035United States
Copper Valley Wireless$0.0035$0.0035United States
CTC (Cambridge Telephone Company)$0.0035$0.0035United States
CTCI (Custer Tel)$0.0035$0.0035United States
GCI Wireless$0.0035$0.0035United States
Inland Cellular$0.0035$0.0035United States
James Valley Wireless LLC$0.0035$0.0035United States
Liberty Latin America$0.011$0United States
Nex-Tech Wireless LLC$0.0035$0.0035United States
NNTC (Nucla-Naturita Tel)$0.0035$0.0035United States
Northwest Cell$0.0035$0.0035United States
Pine Belt Wireless$0.0035$0.0035United States
Pine Cellular$0.0035$0.0035United States
PTCI$0.0035$0.0035United States
Silver Star Communications$0.0035$0.0035United States
Snake River PCS (Eagle Tel)$0.0035$0.0035United States
Southern LINC$0.0035$0.0035United States
Standing Rock (SRTI)$0.0035$0.0035United States
STRATA$0.0035$0.0035United States
Thumb Cellular LLC$0.0035$0.0035United States
Union Wireless$0.0035$0.0035United States
United Wireless$0.0035$0.0035United States
Viaero Wireless$0.0035$0.0035United States
Windy City Wireless (ADAK Eagle Enterprise)$0.0035$0.0035United States
Operator nameOutbound (MT)Inbound (MO)Country
Bell Mobility$0.0310$0Canada
Fido$0.0170$0Canada
Freedom Mobile$0.0088$0Canada
Rogers Canada$0.0170$0Canada
Sasktel$0.0061$0Canada
Telus Mobility$0.0100$0Canada
Videotron$0.0088$0Canada
Virgin Mobile Canada$0.0310$0Canada
Fibernetics Canada$0.0060$0Canada
AT&T$0.0075$0.0075United States
T-Mobile/Sprint$0.0100$0.0100United States
Verizon$0.0065$0United States
US Cellular$0.0100$0United States
C-Spire$0.0100$0.005United States
Commnet$0$0United States
TextNow$0.0020$0United States
Bluegrass$0$0United States
Claro Puerto Rico$0.01500$0United States
Dish Wireless$0$0United States
Liberty Puerto Rico$0.01800$0United States
ASTAC$0.01$0.005United States
Break Away Wireless$0.01$0.005United States
Carolina West Wireless$0.01$0.005United States
Cellcom$0.01$0.005United States
Chat Mobility$0.01$0.005United States
Copper Valley Wireless$0.01$0.005United States
CTC (Cambridge Telephone Company)$0.01$0.005United States
CTCI (Custer Tel)$0.01$0.005United States
GCI Wireless$0.01$0.005United States
Inland Cellular$0.01$0.005United States
James Valley Wireless LLC$0.01$0.005United States
Nex-Tech Wireless LLC$0.01$0.005United States
NNTC (Nucla-Naturita Tel)$0.01$0.005United States
Northwest Cell$0.01$0.005United States
Pine Belt Wireless$0.01$0.005United States
Pine Cellular$0.01$0.005United States
PTCI$0.01$0.005United States
Silver Star Communications$0.01$0.005United States
Snake River PCS (Eagle Tel)$0.01$0.005United States
Southern LINC$0.01$0.005United States
Standing Rock (SRTI)$0.01$0.005United States
STRATA$0.01$0.005United States
Thumb Cellular LLC$0.01$0.005United States
Union Wireless$0.01$0.005United States
United Wireless$0.01$0.005United States
Viaero Wireless$0.01$0.005United States
Windy City Wireless (ADAK Eagle Enterprise)$0.01$0.005United States

Toll-free

Carriers assess the below fees for messages sent from toll-free numbers.

Operator nameOutbound (MT)Inbound (MO)Country
Bell Mobility$0.0091$0Canada
Fizz Mobile$0.0058$0Canada
Freedom Mobile$0.0050$0Canada
Rogers Canada$0.0075$0Canada
Fido$0.0075$0Canada
Sasktel$0.0066$0Canada
Telus Mobility$0.0072$0Canada
Videotron$0.0058$0Canada
Altice Mobile$0.0035$0United States
AT&T$0.00300$0.00300United States
C-Spire$0.00250$0United States
Cablevision$0.0035$0United States
Carolina West Wireless$0.0035$0United States
Cellcom$0.0035$0United States
Commio$0.0035$0United States
Commnet$0.0035$0United States
Copper Valley Wireless$0.0035$0United States
Dish Wireless$0.0035$0United States
Inland Cellular$0.0035$0United States
James Valley Wireless$0.0035$0United States
Nex-Tech Wireless$0.0035$0United States
Pine Telephone Company$0.0035$0United States
T-Mobile/Sprint$0.0030$0.0030United States
TextNow$0.0015$0United States
Thumb Cellular$0.0035$0United States
US Cellular$0.0025$0.0025United States
Verizon$0.004$0United States
Claro Puerto Rico$0.0045$0Puerto Rico
Operator nameOutbound (MT)Inbound (MO)Country
Bell Mobility$0.0034$0Canada
Fizz Mobile$0.0058$0Canada
Freedom Mobile$0.0100$0Canada
Rogers Canada$0.0120$0Canada
Fido$0.0120$0Canada
Sasktel$0.0066$0Canada
Telus Mobility$0.0140$0Canada
Videotron$0.0089$0Canada
AT&T$0.0075$0.0075United States
C-Spire$0.0100$0United States
Carolina West Wireless$0.0100$0United States
Cellcom$0.0100$0United States
Copper Valley Wireless$0.0100$0United States
Inland Cellular$0.0100$0United States
James Valley Wireless$0.0100$0United States
Nex-Tech Wireless$0.0100$0United States
T-Mobile/Sprint$0.0100$0.0100United States
TextNow$0.0020$0United States
Thumb Cellular$0.0100$0United States
US Cellular$0.0050$0.0050United States
Verizon$0.0065$0United States

Short code

Carriers assess the below fees for messages sent from short code numbers.

Operator nameOutbound (MT)Inbound (MO)Country
Telus$0.0037$0Canada
Rogers$0.0047$0.004Canada
Fido$0.0047$0.0026Canada
Bell Mobility$0.0049$0.0049Canada
Virgin Mobile CA$0.0049$0.0049Canada
Videotron$0.0037$0.0037Canada
Fizz Mobile$0.0037$0.0037Canada
ISP Telecom$0.0025$0Canada
AT&T$0.0030$0United States
T-Mobile Family (Sprint, Metro, etc)$0.0025$0.0025United States
US Cellular$0.0035$0United States
Verizon$0.0040$0United States
Clearsky$0.0035$0United States
Interop$0.0035$0United States
Claro Puerto Rico$0.0740$0United States
OpenMobile$0.0360$0United States
1stPoint$0.004$0United States
Altice Mobile$0.004$0United States
Appalachian Wireless$0.004$0United States
ASTAC$0.0035$0.0035United States
Bandwidth$0.004$0United States
Break Away Wireless$0.0035$0.0035United States
BrightlinkIP$0.004$0United States
C-Spire$0.0035$0.0035United States
Carolina West Wireless$0.0035$0.0035United States
Cellcom$0.0035$0.0035United States
CellularOne Northeast Arizona (C1NEAZ)$0.004$0United States
Chat Mobility$0.0035$0.0035United States
Commio$0.004$0United States
Copper Valley Wireless$0.0035$0.0035United States
CTC (Cambridge Telephone Company)$0.0035$0.0035United States
CTCI (Custer Tel)$0.0035$0.0035United States
Digital Communications Consulting (DCC)$0.004$0United States
Enflick / TextNow$0.004$0United States
GCI Wireless$0.0035$0.0035United States
Inland Cellular$0.0035$0.0035United States
Inteliquent$0.004$0United States
ISP Telecom$0.004$0United States
James Valley Wireless LLC$0.0035$0.0035United States
Limitless Mobile$0.004$0United States
Nemont$0.004$0United States
Nex-Tech Wireless LLC$0.0035$0.0035United States
NNTC (Nucla-Naturita Tel)$0.0035$0.0035United States
Northwest Cell$0.0035$0.0035United States
NumberAccess$0.004$0United States
Pine Belt Wireless$0.0035$0.0035United States
Pine Cellular$0.0035$0.0035United States
Plivo$0.004$0United States
PTCI$0.0035$0.0035United States
RingCentral$0.004$0United States
Silver Star Communications$0.0035$0.0035United States
Snake River PCS (Eagle Tel)$0.0035$0.0035United States
Southern LINC$0.0035$0.0035United States
Standing Rock (SRTI)$0.0035$0.0035United States
STRATA$0.0035$0.0035United States
Telnyx$0.004$0United States
TextMe$0.004$0United States
TextPlus$0.004$0United States
Thumb Cellular$0.004$0United States
TSG Global$0.004$0United States
Tychron$0.004$0United States
Union Wireless$0.0035$0.0035United States
United Wireless$0.004$0United States
Viaero Wireless$0.0035$0.0035United States
Viya$0.004$0United States
Vonage$0.004$0United States
Windy City Wireless (ADAK Eagle Enterprise)$0.0035$0.0035United States
Zipwhip / Twilio$0.004$0United States
CarrierOutbound (MT)Inbound (MO)Country
TelusN/AN/ACanada
RogersN/AN/ACanada
FidoN/AN/ACanada
Bell MobilityN/AN/ACanada
Virgin Mobile CAN/AN/ACanada
VideotronN/AN/ACanada
Fizz MobileN/AN/ACanada
ISP TelecomN/AN/ACanada
AT&T$0.0075$0United States
T-Mobile Family (Sprint, Metro, etc)$0.0100$0.0100United States
US Cellular$0.0100$0United States
Verizon$0.0065$0United States
ClearskyN/AN/AUnited States
InteropN/AN/AUnited States
Claro Puerto RicoN/AN/AUnited States
OpenMobileN/AN/AUnited States
Carolina West Wireless$0.01$0.005United States
Cellcom$0.01$0.005United States
Copper Valley Wireless$0.01$0.005United States
Inland Cellular$0.01$0.005United States
James Valley Wireless LLC$0.01$0.005United States
Nex-Tech Wireless LLC$0.01$0.005United States
Pine Cellular$0.01$0.005United States
Southern LINC$0.01$0.005United States
Union Wireless$0.01$0.005United States

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