Guidelines

Cameroon Cameroon Flag

Locale Summary

Locale name

Cameroon

ISO code
The International Organization for Standardization two character representation for the given locale.
CM
RegionMiddle 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.
624
Dialing code
The dialing prefix used to establish a call or send an SMS from one locale to the given locale.
+237

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.

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:

  1. Get opt-in consent from each end user before sending any communication to them, particular for marketing or other non-essential communications.
  2. Only communicate during an end user's daytime hours unless it is urgent.
  3. SMS campaigns should support HELP/STOP messages, and similar messages, in the end user's local language.
  4. Do not contact end users on do-not-call or do-not-disturb registries.

Phone Numbers & Sender ID ( Alphanumeric)

 

International Pre-registration

Domestic Pre-registration

Dynamic

Operator network capability
Whether mobile operators in the given country support the feature.
RequiredSupportedNot Supported
Calilio supported
Whether Calilio supports the feature for the given country.
SupportedNot SupportedSupported
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.
YesN/ANo
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 weeksN/AN/A
UCS-2 supportSupportedN/ASupported
Use case restrictionsPromotional content is not allowed to be registered

N/A

For MTN network specifically, Alphanumeric Sender IDs are only supported through pre-registration.

Google as a Sender ID is prohibited in Cameroon. Messages using this Sender ID may be blocked or filtered by the local operators.
Best practicesPlease refrain from requesting  generic sender IDs to avoid being blocked by network operators.Customers with Domestic Traffic are welcome to register their Sender IDs are International onesCalilio suggests using a preregistered Alphanumeric Sender ID in Cameroon

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-
Calilio supported
Whether Calilio supports the feature for the given country.
Not SupportedSupportedNot 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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