Last updated 8/11/2023
Short Code messaging allows businesses to send application-to-person text messages (A2P) using five-digit phone numbers. This resource contains a breakdown of all fees being charged by carriers to register and send messages using short code numbers. This resource also contains other fees carriers charge for activities related to short codes.
If you are leveraging your own carrier contract through the Volt Connect infrastructure, please refer to your CPaaS provider's specific short code fee sheet, as they might have slight differences in reported fees or unique independent review fees.
All fees charged by carriers are passed through by Volt to our customers with no added cost.
Network Access Fees (NAFs) / Carrier Transit Fees per Message
The table below displays passthrough fees from each mobile carrier, per message segment.
Outbound SMS
Mobile Carrier | Outbound SMS | Outbound MMS |
AT&T | $0.0025 per message part | $0.003 per message part |
C Spire Wireless | $0.0035 per message part | No carrier fee |
Carrier Group A | $0.0025 per message part | No carrier fee |
Lleida | $0.00001 per message part | No carrier fee |
T-Mobile USA | $0.0025 per message part | $0.01 per message part |
The Sprint Group | $0.005 per message part | $0.025 per message part |
U.S. Cellular | $0.0035 per message part | $0.01 per message part |
Verizon Wireless | $0.003 per message part | $0.005 per message part |
Videotron | No carrier fee | No carrier fee |
All other carriers | No carrier fee | No carrier fee |
Inbound SMS
Mobile Carrier | Outbound SMS | Outbound MMS |
AT&T | No carrier fee | No carrier fee |
C Spire Wireless | $0.00001 per message part | No carrier fee |
Carrier Group A | $0.0025 per message part | No carrier fee |
Lleida | $0.00001 per message part | No carrier fee |
T-Mobile USA | $0.0025 per message part | $0.01 per message part |
The Sprint Group | $0.005 per message part | $0.025 per message part |
U.S. Cellular | No carrier fee | No carrier fee |
Verizon Wireless | No carrier fee | No carrier fee |
All other carriers | No carrier fee | No carrier fee |