Country code +880

Sending SMS to Bangladesh

Bangladesh has one of the densest mobile subscriber bases in South Asia and a mobile financial services sector — bKash above all — that runs on SMS confirmation. BTRC oversees masking approval, and unapproved senders do not reach the network.

Networks

Mobile operators in Bangladesh

We deliver to every network below. Route quality is measured per operator, not averaged across the country.

4Networks

GrameenphoneLive route

RobiLive route

BanglalinkLive route

TeletalkLive route

Traffic

What businesses send in Bangladesh

bKash and mobile financial services alerts

Cuts no-shows more effectively than email — most people notice a text within minutes of it arriving.

Garment and logistics notifications

Keeps the recipient's attention without needing an app open, for the moment they actually care about the update.

OTP

Time-critical — it has to land in seconds, which is the reason SMS still wins here over push or email.

Dialling

How to dial Bangladesh

Every part of the number, laid out separately, then the same thing written the way an API expects it.

+Exit

880Country code

1XXX XXXXXXNational number

+880 — +880 1XXX XXXXXX — mobile numbers begin 01 nationally.

From abroad, replace your exit code with +, then 880, 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 (+880…) and they work from any country and any API.

At a glance

Bangladesh by the numbers

The figures below come from public country data and set the context for how much SMS traffic Bangladesh actually carries.

+880

Bangladesh country code

ISOBD / BGD

156,118,464

People

144,000

Area km²

140.2 Billion

GDP (USD)

Sender ID

How your name appears in Bangladesh

What shows up in the recipient’s inbox, and what has to be true before it can.

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SMSLOCAL

Text Message

Your verification code is 4172. Valid for 10 minutes.

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Delivered on +880

Sender ID rules for +880

Masking (alphanumeric sender ID) requires BTRC and operator approval.

Number format+880 1XXX XXXXXX — mobile numbers begin 01 nationally.

Delivers across every major network in Bangladesh: Grameenphone, Robi, Banglalink, Teletalk.

What people send most: bKash and mobile financial services alerts · Garment and logistics notifications · OTP.

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 Bangladesh as part of onboarding.

Before you send