EnglishSending SMS to Germany
Germany is a strict-consent market where the practical risk is legal rather than technical. Under UWG, sending marketing SMS without documented prior consent exposes you to competitor-initiated Abmahnung claims, which is a faster and more expensive route to trouble than a regulator would be.
How to dial Germany
Every part of the number, laid out separately, then the same thing written the way an API expects it.
+49 — +49 15X XXXXXXXX — mobile prefixes 015, 016 and 017 nationally.
From abroad, replace your exit code with +, then 49, 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 (+49…) and they work from any country and any API.
Germany by the numbers
The figures below come from public country data and set the context for how much SMS traffic Germany actually carries.
How your name appears in Germany
What shows up in the recipient’s inbox, and what has to be true before it can.
Delivered on +49Sender ID rules for +49
Alphanumeric sender IDs up to 11 characters are supported without pre-registration.
+49 15X XXXXXXXX — mobile prefixes 015, 016 and 017 nationally.Delivers across every major network in Germany: Telekom, Vodafone, O2 Telefónica.
What people send most: Appointment reminders · Logistics and delivery windows · Two-factor authentication.
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 Germany as part of onboarding.
What Germany requires
These are the constraints that decide whether a message is delivered, filtered or blocked — not general best practice.
Requirement 1 of 4: Explicit prior consent is required for marketing; UWG makes unsolicited SMS actionable.
Explicit prior consent is required for marketing; UWG makes unsolicited SMS actionable.
Checked automatically on every message we send to Germany — nothing for you to track by hand.
Mobile operators in Germany
We deliver to every network below. Route quality is measured per operator, not averaged across the country.
3NetworksWhat businesses send in Germany
Cuts no-shows more effectively than email — most people notice a text within minutes of it arriving.
Keeps the recipient's attention without needing an app open, for the moment they actually care about the update.
Time-critical — it has to land in seconds, which is the reason SMS still wins here over push or email.
All country calling codes
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AlbaniaAL+355
AndorraAD+376
AustriaAT+43
BelarusBY+375
BelgiumBE+32
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBA+387
BulgariaBG+359
CroatiaHR+385
CyprusCY+357
CzechiaCZ+420
DenmarkDK+45
EstoniaEE+372
FinlandFI+358
FranceFR+33GermanyDE+49
GreeceGR+30
HungaryHU+36
IcelandIS+354
IrelandIE+353
ItalyIT+39
KosovoXK+383
LatviaLV+371
LiechtensteinLI+423
LithuaniaLT+370
LuxembourgLU+352
MaltaMT+356
MoldovaMD+373
MonacoMC+377
MontenegroME+382
NetherlandsNL+31
North MacedoniaMK+389
NorwayNO+47
PolandPL+48
PortugalPT+351
RomaniaRO+40
San MarinoSM+378
SerbiaRS+381
SlovakiaSK+421
SloveniaSI+386
SpainES+34
SwedenSE+46
SwitzerlandCH+41
UkraineUA+380
United KingdomGB+44
Vatican CityVA+3Other country codes
Countries with neighbouring dialling codes.
Start sending to Germany
Direct routes, per-operator delivery reporting and sender ID handling for +49 — from one dashboard or one API call.