Premium Rated SMS messages, which are sent from a cellular subscriber’s handset to a
specific MSISDN number, are billed at a predetermined advertised higher than
normal rate.
In South Africa, the mobile operators have specifically introduced price ranges and a series of
shortcodes (5 digit numbers) for this purpose.
The revenue generated by a Premium Rated SMS services hosted on our platform is
shared between the client, the mobile operator and ourselves.
The SMS revenue
share depends on the price band and the network and in the case of MTN the
volume.