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Guidelines

Benin

Locale Summary

Locale name	Benin
ISO code The International Organization for Standardization two character representation for the given locale.	BJ
Region	Middle East & Africa
Mobile country code A three digit code associated with the given locale and used in conjunction with a Mobile Network Code to uniquely identify mobile networks.	616
Dialing code The dialing prefix used to establish a call or send an SMS from one locale to the given locale.	+229

Guidelines

Two-way SMS supported Whether Calilio supports two-way SMS in the given locale.	No
Number portability available Whether number portability is available in the given locale	No
Calilio concatenated message support Concatenation refers to the capability of splitting a message that is too long to be sent in one SMS into smaller pieces and then joining the pieces at the receiving end so that the receiver sees the message as one.	Yes For certain sender ID types this may not be supported. Where messages are split and rejoined may vary based on character encoding.
Message length How many characters can be sent given a particular message encoding before the message will be split into concatenated segments.	-
Calilio MMS support Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) provides a standards-based means to send pictures and video to mobile phones.	Converted to SMS with embedded URL
Sending SMS to landline numbers How Calilio handles an SMS message destined for landline telephone number.	You cannot send SMS to a landline destination number: the Calilio REST API will throw a 400 response with error code 21614, the message will not appear in the logs, and the account will not be charged.
Compliance considerations Calilio strongly encourages customers to review proposed use cases with qualified legal counsel to make sure that they comply with all applicable laws. This table lists some general best practices.	Starting November 30, 2024, Benin is changing their national phone number format. The old 8-digit format (after the country code) will switch to a 10-digit format to meet the growing demand for numbers. Here's how the numbering format will look: Current format: +229 XXXXXXXX New format starting November 30, 2024: +229 01XXXXXXXX You can continue to use the old 8-digit format until December 29, 2024. After this date you must use the 10-digit format to send SMS messages to Benin; any messages sent using the old 8-digit format won't be delivered. Calilio strongly encourages customers to review proposed use cases with qualified legal counsel to make sure that they comply with all applicable laws. The following are some general best practices: Get opt-in consent from each end user before sending any communication to them, particular for marketing or other non-essential communications. Only communicate during an end user's daytime hours unless it is urgent. SMS campaigns should support HELP/STOP messages, and similar messages, in the end user's local language. Do not contact end users on do-not-call or do-not-disturb registries.

Phone Numbers & Sender ID ( Alphanumeric)

	Global Pre-registration	Dynamic
Operator network capability Whether mobile operators in the given country support the feature.	Required There is no segregation between International and Domestic Traffic	Not Supported
Calilio supported Whether Calilio supports the feature for the given country.	Supported	Supported
Sender ID preserved In some countries sender IDs for certain sender types are not preserved and are changed for compliance and/or deliverability reasons. In these countries mobile subscribers will see a different ‘from sender ID’ than the one sent by you.	Yes	Yes
Provisioning time Provisioning is the process of getting the sender ID approved and registered with mobile networks (depending on country requirements). Provisioning time is how long this process takes in the given country.	3 weeks	N/A
UCS-2 support	Supported	Supported
Use case restrictions	For MTN network specifically, Alphanumeric Sender IDs are only supported through pre-registration. Promotional content is not allowed to be registered	N/A
Best practices	Please refrain from requesting generic sender IDs to avoid being blocked by network operators.	N/A

Long codes and short codes

	Long code domestic	Long code international	Short code
Operator network capability Whether mobile operators in the given country support the feature.	Not Supported	Not Supported	Not Supported
Calilio supported Whether Calilio supports the feature for the given country.	-	Supported	-
Sender ID preserved In some countries sender IDs for certain sender types are not preserved and are changed for compliance and/or deliverability reasons. In these countries mobile subscribers will see a different ‘from sender ID’ than the one sent by you.	-	Yes	-

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