Masked Sender ID is a pre-determined given Sender ID to bypass some country restrictions on sending SMS messages.

 

The following shows the country list that requires a masked Sender ID:

Country Network Operator
Afghanistan Afghan Wireless Communication Company (AWCC);
Algeria Mobilis;
Argentina Nextel Communications Argentina S.A; AMX Argentina-CLARO; Telecom Personal S.A; Telefonica Comunicaciones Personales S.A; Mtel Argentina Radiomensaje S.A; and others.
Austria Lycamobile;
Bahrain Batelco;
Brazil DATORA MOBILE TELECO; OPTIONS COMPUTADORES; PORTO SEGURO TELECOM; TERAPAR PARTICIPACOE;
Canada Aliant Telecom (Mobility); All CDMA Networks; Bell Mobility; block; Cable & Wireless; Cellco Partnership D; Cricket Communicatio; Dave Wireless; Digicel; Fido Solutions Inc; Globalive Wireless Mngmt; Landline; Level 3 Communicatio; MetroPCS; New Cingular Wireless Pcs; Nextel Communication; NorthernTel Limited Partnership; Northwestel Mobility Inc; Omnipoint Communications; Powertel; Rogers; SaskTel Mobility; Sprint Spectrum L.p; T-mobile Usa; Telebec Limited Partnership; TELUS Mobility; TELUS Quebec; Thunder Bay Mobility; Verizon Wireless; and others.
Chile ENTEL PCS; TelefonicaMovistar; EntelTelefonia; Claro; VTR Banda Ancha SA ; Nextel SA; and others.
China China Telecom; China Mobile; China Unicom;
Colombia Comcel S.A; Telef(Movistar); Tigo; and others.
Costa Rica Movistar; Claro; Instituto Costarricense de Electricidad (ICE);
Croatia T-Mobile HR;
Cuba Cubacel;
Ecuador Alegro PCS (Telecsa); Movistar (Otecel); Porta (Conecel);
El Salvador Telfonica; Telemovil(Tigo); CTE Telecom/Claro;
Finland DNA Verkot Oy;
Georgia GeoCell;
Germany T-Mobile D; and others.
Hong Kong Trident Telecom Ventures Ltd; PCCW Limited; PCCW – HKT Telephone Ltd; Mandarin (PCCW- HKT); SmarTone Mobile; Hutchison3G; China Motion Telecom (HK) Ltd; China Unicom International Ltd; CITIC Telecom 1616; CSL; Hong Kong CSL Ltd; Hutchison – CDMA; Hutchison Telephone Company Ltd; New World PCS(CSL); Peoples TC; SmarTone Mobile Communications Ltd;
Hungary T-Mobile; Telenor (PANNON); Vodafone;
Iran Talya
Kyrgyzstan BiMoCom (Megacom)
Malaysia Celcom; Digi; U Mobile(Dynamic Open); Maxis;
Mexico Iusacell Pcs/Unefon; Nextel Mexico; Pegaso Com(Movistar); Telcel (Radiomovil); and others.
New Caledonia Mobilis;
New Zealand Vodaphone; Telecom New Zealand (CDMA);
Nicaragua SERCOM S.A.(Claro); Movistar NI;
Pakistan Mobilink GSM
Peru America Movil(Claro); Nextel(Entel); Telefonica(Movistar); and others.
Poland CenterNet S.A.; E-Telko Sp. z o.o.; Mobyland Sp. z o.o.; Orange; P4 Sp zoo; Polkomtel Plus; Polska Telefonia Cyfrowa Era; Tele2 Polska(Netia); Telekomunikacja Kole; and others.
Puerto Rico Puerto Rico PRTC(Claro); AT&T (New Cingular)
Russian Federation Don Telecom; Baykalvestkom; New Telephone Company; SMARTS; Altaysvyaz;
South Africa Vodacom; Telkom Mobile (8TA); Cell c; MTN; USAL licence holders;
South Korea KT Freetel; SK Telecom; LG Telecom;
Taiwan Chunghwa Telecom LDM; Far EasTone; KG Telecom; MobiTai; Taiwan Cellular Corporation; TransAsia; VIBO Telecom;
Tanzania Bharti Airtel; MIC (T) Ltd.; Smart; Tanzania Telecom-munications Company Ltd.; Tritel Ltd.; Vodacom (T) Ltd.; Vodacom; Zantel (Zanzibar);
United States of America (USA) Aliant Telecom (Mobility); All CDMA Networks; Bell Mobility; block; Cable & Wireless; Cellco Partnership D; Cricket Communicatio; Dave Wireless; Digicel; Fido Solutions Inc; Globalive Wireless Mngmt; Landline; Level 3 Communicatio; MetroPCS; New Cingular Wireless Pcs; Nextel Communication; NorthernTel Limited Partnership; Northwestel Mobility Inc; Omnipoint Communications; Powertel; Rogers; SaskTel Mobility; Sprint Spectrum L.p; T-mobile Usa; Telebec Limited Partnership; TELUS Mobility; TELUS Quebec; Thunder Bay Mobility; Verizon Wireless; and others.
Uruguay Antel (Compania); Claro (AM Wireless); Telef (Movistar);
Uzbekistan Unitel(Beeline);
Venezuela Digitel; Movilnet; Movistar;

 

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