Locale Summary |
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Locale name |
Qatar |
ISO code |
QA |
Region |
Middle East & Africa |
Mobile country code |
427 |
Dialing code |
+974 |
Guidelines |
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Two-way SMS supported |
No |
Number portability available |
No |
Twilio concatenated message support |
Yes* |
Message length |
160 Characters |
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 |
Sender ID Compliance Sender ID Registration is required in Qatar. Unregistered Sender IDs will be overwritten with a generic Alphanumeric Sender ID outside of the Twilio platform and delivery will be attempted on a best-effort basis only. The enforcement of complete blocking of unregistered Sender IDs in Qatar is on August 11, 2025. Twilio highly recommends sending from a registered Alphanumeric Sender ID to avoid having your messages blocked.
Content Compliance Requirements for SMS Delivery to Qatar Adult, political, governmental, and religious content is prohibited. Messages containing such content will be filtered out and accounts deny-listed.
Additional Phone Numbers and Sender ID Guidelines 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:
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