Bulk Messages(SMS) Codes reference

Bulk Messages(SMS) Codes reference

Ever confused by what does LM-ICICIBNK, VX-Citibank, LM-AxisBank, BT-SBI, AM-Holidays etc. means ??

As per new TRAI regulation insisted bulk SMS providers to restrict the "Sender ID" to 8 characters. Other three characters should be used to specify who is the service provider & where it's originated from. Say for example: HDFCBANK sends an SMS to you using bulk SMS provider located at Tamil Nadu which uses Airtel. You will receive it as AT-HDFCBANK. First character specifies which service provider the message is being originated & the second character specifies from which location it's originated.

Here is the table which has details of these SMS codes:


Service Provider............ Code
Aircel, Dishnet Wireless........ D
Bharti Airtel....................... A
BSNL................................ B
BPL Mobile/Loop Telecom...... L
Datacom Solutions............... C
HFCL Infotel....................... H
Idea Cellular....................... I
MTNL................................ M
Reliance Communications...... R
Reliance Telecom................ E
S tel................................. S
Shyam Telecom.................. Y
Spice Telecom.................... P
Swan Telecom................... W
Tata Teleservices............... T
Unitech Group.....................U
Vodafone Group.................. V


Service Area............... Code
Andhra Pradesh.................. A
Assam.............................. S
Bihar................................ B
Delhi................................ D
Gujarat............................ G
Haryana........................... H
Himachal Pradesh............... I
Jammu & Kashmir............... J
Karnataka........................ X
Kerala............................. L
Kolkata........................... K
Madhya Pradesh............... Y
Maharashtra..................... Z
Mumbai........................... M
North East....................... N
Orissa............................. O
Punjab........................... P
Rajasthan........................ R
Tamil Nadu....................... T
UP-East........................... E
UP-West......................... W
West Bengal.................... V

So, combination of these two constitutes the first two digit of "Sender" followed by an hyphen (-) & actual sender name.