What Are SMS and MMS Carrier Fees?
Some wireless carriers apply surcharges to messages sent on their networks. Here’s how we handle these fees.
Some wireless carriers apply surcharges to messages sent on their networks. Here’s how we handle these fees.
SMS and MMS carrier fees are additional costs charged by wireless carriers. These fees vary per message and number type. For example, some carriers only charge fees for messages sent on toll-free numbers. Others charge for both sent and received messages on short codes.
Confusing, we know.
Below we pull back the curtain on some of the surcharges we incur and the carrier fees we pass through to our customers. The tables are broken down by:
Each time SimpleTexting communicates with carriers to send out a message, they check what type of message it is and what kind of number it’s coming from—then charge us the applicable fees. At SimpleTexting we only pass through carrier fees on:
| Carrier | Incoming Messages | Outgoing Messages |
|---|---|---|
| Verizon | $0 | $0.005 |
| T-Mobile/Metro PCS | $0.01 | $0.01 |
| Sprint | $0.01 | $0.01 |
| AT&T | $0 | $0.003 |
Toll Free SMS Fees
| Carrier | Incoming Messages | Outgoing Messages |
|---|---|---|
| Verizon | $0 | $0.0025 |
| T-Mobile/Metro PCS | $0.0025 | $0.0025 |
| Sprint | $0.0025 | $0.0025 |
| AT&T | $0 | $0.0025 |
| Carrier | Incoming Messages | Outgoing Messages |
|---|---|---|
| US Cellular | N/A | $0.005 |
| Verizon | N/A | $0.0025 |
| Carrier | Incoming Messages | Outgoing Messages |
|---|---|---|
| US Cellular | N/A | $0.01 |
| Verizon | N/A | $0.005 |
| Carrier | Incoming Messages | Outgoing Messages |
|---|---|---|
| AT&T (Includes Cricket) | N/A | $0.0025 |
| Sprint | $0.0050 | $0.0050 |
| T-Mobile (Includes MetroPCS) | $0.0025 | $0.0025 |
| US Cellular | N/A | $0.0035 |
| Verizon | N/A | $0.0025 |
| Carrier | Incoming Messages | Outgoing Messages |
|---|---|---|
| AT&T (Includes Cricket) | N/A | $0.003 |
| Sprint | $0.025 | $0.025 |
| T-Mobile (Includes MetroPCS) | $0.01 | $0.010 |
| US Cellular | N/A | $0.010 |
| Verizon | N/A | $0.005 |
In early 2021, Canadian carriers began assessing surcharges on outgoing messages to Canadian phone numbers from local and toll-free numbers. We pass these fees to our customers with no markup.
| Carrier | CAD (Per Message) |
|---|---|
| FIDO | $0.0075 |
| Bell | $0.011 |
| Rogers | $0.009 |
| Telus | $0.006 |
| Freedom | $0.006 |
| Videotron | $0.007 |
| SaskTel | $0.008 |
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