SMS Country regulations and restrictions

France

Before you start sending SMS messages to France, please ensure that you understand the regulations around messaging in the country. All programs are required to be compliant with the applicable laws. Please contact our support team if you are unsure about any of these regulations.

Restriction	Description
DND exists	No
Time restrictions	Yes Marketing messages can only be sent Mon-Sat between 8 AM and 10 PM Marketing messages sent outside of the restricted time will be queued and sent the following morning Marketing messages sent on Sundays and public holidays will be blocked Transactional traffic can be sent at any time
International vs. local split	No
Local traffic	N/A
International traffic	N/A
General content restrictions	All content with URLs must be whitelisted. Transactional and promotional traffic must be sent via separate connections.
Content registration required	Content/URL whitelisting information required: Company name Company website Message content/URLs Sender ID
Opt-out instructions required	Yes
Sender ID regulations	Prohibited sender IDs have to be authorized.
Sender ID registration offered by Clickatell	Not supported
Sender ID documentation required	Yes
Country supports MNP	Yes