Sending SMS to Antigua and Barbuda
Antigua and Barbuda sits inside the North American Numbering Plan on +1, using area code 268. That means a number here looks American at a glance and is only distinguishable by its area code — the usual trap when routing Caribbean traffic. English is official.
How your name appears in Antigua and Barbuda
General guidance — we have not yet confirmed Antigua and Barbuda-specific sender ID rules.
Sender ID rules for +1268
Both alphanumeric and numeric sender IDs are supported where the local network allows it. Exact registration steps, character limits and lead time vary by operator, and are confirmed as part of onboarding before your first send.
What people send most: OTP and account verification · Order and delivery updates · Appointment and service reminders.
Message length: under the standard SMS encoding, a segment typically holds 160 GSM-7 characters, or 70 once a message uses Unicode — Arabic, Chinese, Cyrillic, emoji. Longer messages split into several segments automatically and are billed per segment; exact limits are confirmed for Antigua and Barbuda as part of onboarding.
What Antigua and Barbuda requires
General practice for reaching Antigua and Barbuda — market-specific requirements are confirmed with you before your first send.
Requirement 1 of 4: Get clear consent before sending marketing messages, and keep a record of it.
Get clear consent before sending marketing messages, and keep a record of it.
Checked automatically on every message we send to Antigua and Barbuda — nothing for you to track by hand.
Mobile operators in Antigua and Barbuda
Named operators for Antigua and Barbuda have not been confirmed yet — routing still reaches every licensed network in the market.
Full network coverage
Routes provision automatically to every licensed operator serving Antigua and Barbuda — no operator list for you to maintain.
One route per message
Each send is evaluated in real time and placed on the best-performing path available at that moment.
Delivery reporting either way
Per-message delivery status, the same whether an operator is named on this page or not.
Common SMS use cases in Antigua and Barbuda
Time-critical — it has to land in seconds, which is the reason SMS still wins here over push or email.
Keeps the recipient's attention without needing an app open, for the moment they actually care about the update.
Cuts no-shows more effectively than email — most people notice a text within minutes of it arriving.
How to dial Antigua and Barbuda
Every part of the number, laid out separately, then the same thing written the way an API expects it.
+1268 — +1268 followed by the national number
From abroad, replace your exit code with +, then 1268, then the national number — dropping the national trunk prefix if the country uses one (a leading 0 in most, though not in the +1 numbering plan). Store numbers in E.164 (+1268…) and they work from any country and any API.
Antigua and Barbuda by the numbers
The figures below come from public country data and set the context for how much SMS traffic Antigua and Barbuda actually carries.
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Other country codes
Countries with neighbouring dialling codes.
Start sending to Antigua and Barbuda
Direct routes, per-operator delivery reporting and sender ID handling for +1268 — from one dashboard or one API call.