EnglishSending SMS to Laos
Laos is +856. Lao script is unicode, so segments run to 70 characters. One of the least urbanised markets in Southeast Asia, where mobile arrived as the first telecommunications most households ever had, skipping fixed lines completely.
How to dial Laos
Every part of the number, laid out separately, then the same thing written the way an API expects it.
+856 — +856 followed by the national number
From abroad, replace your exit code with +, then 856, 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 (+856…) and they work from any country and any API.
Laos by the numbers
The figures below come from public country data and set the context for how much SMS traffic Laos actually carries.
How your name appears in Laos
General guidance — we have not yet confirmed Laos-specific sender ID rules.
Delivered on +856Sender ID rules for +856
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 Laos as part of onboarding.
What Laos requires
General practice for reaching Laos — 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 Laos — nothing for you to track by hand.
Mobile operators in Laos
Named operators for Laos 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 Laos — 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 Laos
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.
All country calling codes
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AfghanistanAF+93
ArmeniaAM+374
AzerbaijanAZ+994
BahrainBH+973
BangladeshBD+880
BhutanBT+975
BruneiBN+673
CambodiaKH+855
ChinaCN+86
GeorgiaGE+995
IndiaIN+91
IndonesiaID+62
IranIR+98
IraqIQ+964
JapanJP+81
JordanJO+962
KazakhstanKZ+7
KuwaitKW+965
KyrgyzstanKG+996LaosLA+856
LebanonLB+961
MalaysiaMY+60
MaldivesMV+960
MongoliaMN+976
MyanmarMM+95
NepalNP+977
North KoreaKP+850
OmanOM+968
PakistanPK+92
PalestinePS+970
PhilippinesPH+63
QatarQA+974
RussiaRU+7
Saudi ArabiaSA+966
SingaporeSG+65
South KoreaKR+82
Sri LankaLK+94
SyriaSY+963
TajikistanTJ+992
ThailandTH+66
Timor-LesteTL+670
TürkiyeTR+90
TurkmenistanTM+993
United Arab EmiratesAE+971
UzbekistanUZ+998
VietnamVN+84
YemenYE+967Other country codes
Countries with neighbouring dialling codes.
Start sending to Laos
Direct routes, per-operator delivery reporting and sender ID handling for +856 — from one dashboard or one API call.