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Updated on 2024-04-26 GMT+08:00
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Billing Mode

Overview

Number segments of China Broadnet are supported, in addition to those of China Mobile, China Unicom, and China Telecom. The billing mode is the same as that of the Chinese mainland SMS service.

  • You are billed based on the number of SMSs sent. If the number of characters in an SMS exceeds the length limit, the platform splits the SMS into multiple short messages. For details about how to calculate the number of SMSs, see SMS Content Length Calculation.
  • For details about the prices, see Pricing Details.

Type

Billing Mode

Billing Rules

International SMS

Pay-per-use mode and SMS package
  • If you have purchased an SMS package, the international SMS package quota will be deducted first. If the quota is used up, you will be billed on a pay-per-use basis. If you have not purchased an SMS package, you will be billed on a pay-per-use basis based on the SMS price of the target country.
  • Currently, only SMS packages for sending SMSs to the following countries are available: Indonesia, Thailand, India, and Philippines. For prices of sending SMSs to countries or regions that are not included in the package, see Pay-per-Use Billing.
  • Verification code and notification SMSs are charged in the same way.
  • You are billed for sending SMSs by calling APIs or using Group SMS Assistant.
  • You are not billed for SMSs whose status parameter or status code is a Huawei platform error code.

    View all SMS Status Error Codes. (SMSs with status error codes from the Huawei platform are not charged.)

Chinese Mainland SMS

Pay-per-use mode
  • For details, see Pay-per-Use Billing.
  • Verification code and notification SMSs are charged in the same way.
  • You are billed only for SMSs that are successfully sent.

Account Usage

  • Message & SMS is a prepaid service. Top up your Huawei Cloud account to use it.
  • An SMS package is bound to one account and cannot be used by different accounts.

Billing Rules

Category

Question

International SMS

Chinese Mainland SMS

Package

Can I unsubscribe from an SMS package?

No

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Can unused quotas be refunded?

No

Can I modify the SMS package specifications?

No

How can I view the remaining quota of the SMS package?

Log in to the Message & SMS console and choose Billing & Costs > Resource Packages > Resource Packages.

Free trial

Can I have free trial or free tier of the Message & SMS service?

No

Group SMS Assistant

How Is the Group SMS Assistant charged?

You are billed based on the number of SMSs sent. No extra fee is required no matter whether you use the Group SMS Assistant or call an API.