FRANCE (FR)

Locale Summary

Locale name	France
ISO code	FR
Region	Europe
Mobile country code	208
Dialing code	+33

Guidelines

Two-way SMS supported	Yes
Number portability available	Yes
Twilio concatenated message support	Yes
Message length	Inbound: GSM 3.38=160, Unicode=70 Outbound: GSM 3.38=160, Unicode=70
Twilio MMS support	Converted to SMS with embedded URL
Sending SMS to landline numbers	You cannot send SMS to a landline destination number: the Twilio REST API will throw a 400 response with error code 21614, the message will not appear in the logs, and the account will not be charged.
Compliance considerations	French mobile networks block marketing SMS traffic between 10pm and 8am, on Sundays, and on French public holidays. If messages are sent during these restricted times, they will be queued and sent the following day. Bouygues Telecom does not support Unicode body encoding for application-to-person (A2P) SMS. All Unicode characters will therefore be replaced with GSM characters to ensure delivery. Twilio strongly encourages customers to review proposed use cases with qualified legal counsel to make sure that they comply with all applicable laws. The following are some general best practices: Get opt-in consent from each end-user before sending any communication to them, particularly for marketing or other non-essential communications. Only communicate during an end-user’s daytime hours unless it is urgent. SMS campaigns should support HELP/STOP messages, and similar messages, in the end-user’s local language. For France, a web link in the message is also accepted as an OPT-OUT method. Do not contact end-users on do-not-call or do-not-disturb registries.

Phone Numbers & Sender ID

	Alphanumeric		Long Code		Short Code
	Pre-registration	Dynamic	Domestic	International
Operator network capability	Not Required	Supported	Supported	Not Supported	Supported
Twilio supported	---	Supported Learn more	Supported	Supported	Supported
Sender ID preserved	---	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
Provisioning time	N/A	N/A	N/A	N/A	8-10
UCS-2 support	N/A	Supported	Supported	Supported	Supported
Use case restrictions	N/A	Bouygues Telecom does not support Unicode body encoding. All Unicode characters will be replaced with GSM characters to ensure delivery. Messages submitted to the NRJ Mobile and Truephone networks will be overwritten with random shortcodes outside the Twilio platform.	French domestic Long Codes can only be used for person-to-person (P2P) messages. Using it for any high volume messaging, or even for application-to-person (A2P) messages, will result in delivery failure and the domestic Long Code being blocked. SMS Messages from +3375759 and +3375760 prefixes cannot be delivered to Bouygues Telecom Network. We would strongly suggest provisioning a +336 number.	French mobile operators do not support message delivery via international Numeric Sender ID. Submission by International Long Codes will be attempted on a best-effort basis. The Long Code will be overwritten with a generic Alphanumeric Sender ID or Short Code outside the Twilio platform.	Refer to our FAQs for short code best practices.
Best practices	N/A	You must use Alphanumeric Sender IDs to send A2P messages.	N/A	You must use Alphanumeric Sender IDs to send A2P messages.	Refer to our FAQs for short code best practices.

	Alphanumeric - Pre-registration
Operator network capability	Not Required
Twilio supported	---
Sender ID preserved	---
Provisioning time	N/A
UCS-2 support	N/A
Use case restrictions	N/A
Best practices	N/A

	Alphanumeric - Dynamic
Operator network capability	Supported
Twilio supported	Supported Learn more
Sender ID preserved	Yes
Provisioning time	N/A
UCS-2 support	Supported
Use case restrictions	Bouygues Telecom does not support Unicode body encoding. All Unicode characters will be replaced with GSM characters to ensure delivery. Messages submitted to the NRJ Mobile and Truephone networks will be overwritten with random shortcodes outside the Twilio platform.
Best practices	You must use Alphanumeric Sender IDs to send A2P messages.

	Long Code - Domestic
Operator network capability	Supported
Twilio supported	Supported
Sender ID preserved	Yes
Provisioning time	N/A
UCS-2 support	Supported
Use case restrictions	French domestic Long Codes can only be used for person-to-person (P2P) messages. Using it for any high volume messaging, or even for application-to-person (A2P) messages, will result in delivery failure and the domestic Long Code being blocked. SMS Messages from +3375759 and +3375760 prefixes cannot be delivered to Bouygues Telecom Network. We would strongly suggest provisioning a +336 number.
Best practices	N/A

	Long Code - International
Operator network capability	Not Supported
Twilio supported	Supported
Sender ID preserved	No
Provisioning time	N/A
UCS-2 support	Supported
Use case restrictions	French mobile operators do not support message delivery via international Numeric Sender ID. Submission by International Long Codes will be attempted on a best-effort basis. The Long Code will be overwritten with a generic Alphanumeric Sender ID or Short Code outside the Twilio platform.
Best practices	You must use Alphanumeric Sender IDs to send A2P messages.

	Short Code
Operator network capability	Supported
Twilio supported	Supported
Sender ID preserved	Yes
Provisioning time	8-10
UCS-2 support	Supported
Use case restrictions	Refer to our FAQs for short code best practices.
Best practices	Refer to our FAQs for short code best practices.

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