SMS charges via SNS 20X high then actual

Question

I am starting up with the AWS SNS service to send out the SMS

SMS Pricing on the page https://aws.amazon.com/sns/sms-pricing/ is mentioned to for India region to be  **0.00278** for transactional SMS while when i send out the SMS in the delivery report it comes as **0.0413 ** reports that seems to be 20X high on what is mentioned. I am sending the SMS from the same region **ap-south-1(Mumbai) ** to Indian number.

any one know how can this can be fixed ?

```
{
    "notification": {
        "messageId": "badd7f9d-8372-5b80-b481-25ce9cd2af96",
        "timestamp": "2022-01-08 05:13:04.879"
    },
    "delivery": {
        "mnc": 78,
        "numberOfMessageParts": 1,
        "destination": "+91XXXXXXXXXX",
        "priceInUSD": 0.0413,
        "smsType": "Transactional",
        "mcc": 404,
        "providerResponse": "Message has been accepted by phone",
        "dwellTimeMs": 426,
        "dwellTimeMsUntilDeviceAck": 3522
    },
    "status": "SUCCESS"
}
```

Accepted Answer

Hello Rajesh,

Hope you are doing well.

I see you concerned about the SNS SMS charges being twice the amount mentioned in the pricing page.

The pricing page states as follows [[1]](https://aws.amazon.com/sns/sms-pricing/):

| Network/ HNI | Transactional SMS | Promotional SMS |
| --- | --- | --- |
| All Networks  | $0.00278 | $0.00278 |
| All Networks  - International | $0.0413 | $0.0413 |

By default, when you send messages to recipients in India, Amazon SNS uses International Long Distance Operator (ILDO) connections to transmit those messages. When recipients see a message that's sent over an ILDO connection, it appears to be sent from a random numeric ID. [[2]](https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sns/latest/dg/channels-sms-senderid-india.html)

**As a result, you are incurring charges as mentioned for `All Networks - International`**

If you wish to incur charges for the pricing mentioned for `All Networks` which is `$0.00278`, you will have to send SMS through local routes.

**To send messages using local routes, you must first register your use case and message templates with the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) through Distributed Ledger Technology (DLT) portals.**

Hope this helps.

References:

1: https://aws.amazon.com/sns/sms-pricing/

2: https://docs.aws.amazon.com/sns/latest/dg/channels-sms-senderid-india.html

Regards,
HarshaVardhanG

Network/ HNI	Transactional SMS	Promotional SMS
All Networks	$0.00278	$0.00278
All Networks - International	$0.0413	$0.0413

SMS charges via SNS 20X high then actual

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