United Arab Emirates · +971 · billed in USD

SMS API in United Arab Emirates

A REST API for SMS to United Arab Emirates numbers, with United Arab Emirates's sender rules applied automatically and every message showing the carrier that carried it. Point your SDK at uae.woyra.io.

SMS in United Arab Emirates: the rules

Alphanumeric sender IDs allowedSender ID must be registered

TDRA requires sender ID registration for all A2P traffic.

Opt-out keywords honoured automatically: STOP, UNSUBSCRIBE, CANCEL, END, QUIT, إيقاف.

Endpoint, currency, data

Endpoint
uae.woyra.io
Currency
USD
Dialling code
+971
Data region
global
Price
$0.0069 per US segment; African rates per country

Global

Your first SMS call from United Arab Emirates

curl -X POST https://uae.woyra.io/v1/messages \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $WOYRA_KEY" \
  -H 'Idempotency-Key: order-4821' \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
    "channel": "sms",
    "to": "+971712345678",
    "from": "YOURBRAND",
    "body": "Your order 4821 is out for delivery.",
    "routing": {"strategy": "conversion_optimized", "max_cost_usd": 0.03}
  }'

The same key works on every endpoint. Calling uae.woyra.io applies United Arab Emirates's rules and, where residency requires it, keeps the data in the global region.

What sending sms to United Arab Emirates involves

Alphanumeric sender IDs, registration required · billed in USD · global data region

Your brand name, once it is registered

United Arab Emirates allows an alphanumeric sender but requires the name to be registered with the operators before traffic flows under it. Woyra files that registration and tells you when it is live; until then your traffic goes out on a sender that is already cleared, so nothing waits on paperwork.

Opt-outs, honoured without your code

A recipient in United Arab Emirates who replies STOP, UNSUBSCRIBE, CANCEL, END, QUIT, إيقاف is suppressed on your account immediately, and the next send to them is refused rather than delivered. That includes إيقاف, because a person opting out does so in their own language, and a system that only recognises the English word is a system that keeps sending.

Which carrier carried it, and why

Every message to United Arab Emirates records the carrier it went out on, the score that carrier held at the time, the reason it was chosen and what it cost. It is on the message in the API response and in your logs. Carriers are scored on whether codes are actually entered, not on whether a receipt said OK.

Prepaid, with a cap you set

An account on the United Arab Emirates endpoint is billed in US dollars today. Billing in USD is where this is going, and it is a real advantage when it arrives, but a converted price needs a published rate behind it and there is not one yet, so we quote one currency rather than invent a second. Funds are reserved at the published price when a message is accepted and settled when it is delivered; a message we never deliver is never charged for, and a hard spend cap you set is enforced rather than invoiced.

Questions about United Arab Emirates

Can I use an alphanumeric sender ID in United Arab Emirates?

United Arab Emirates allows alphanumeric sender IDs, so a message can arrive from your brand name rather than a number. The sender ID must be registered first; Woyra files the registration and tells you when it is live.

Which opt-out keywords are honoured in United Arab Emirates?

STOP, UNSUBSCRIBE, CANCEL, END, QUIT, إيقاف. A recipient who replies with one is suppressed on your account automatically.

What currency am I billed in for United Arab Emirates?

USD, prepaid, with a hard spend cap you set per project.

Where does the data of a recipient in United Arab Emirates live?

Global

What does a United Arab Emirates phone number look like in the API?

E.164: a plus, the country code +971, then the subscriber number, as in +971712345678. Woyra strips spaces, hyphens, brackets and a leading 00, but it will not guess a missing country code, because the same digits belong to a different subscriber in every country.

Which endpoint should I call for United Arab Emirates?

uae.woyra.io, though the same API key works on every endpoint Woyra runs. Which one you call decides the compliance rules applied, the currency you are billed in, and — where residency requires it — which data plane answers.

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