How to register an SMS Sender ID in the Philippines

A Sender ID is the name or number that appears as the originator of an SMS message on the recipient's phone. It identifies who sent the message.

Sender ID is required in order to send SMS in the Philippines. It provides multiple benefits:

• All network delivery
• Brand recognition
• Allow links in SMS
• Priority routing
• Less content filtering

All local businesses can apply for Sender ID.

Capstone projects, students, and businesses without business documents are NOT allowed to register a Sender ID.

If you wish to use UniSMS for your school projects, you have 2 options:

• 1. Ask a business to use your app, then that business can apply for a Sender ID.
• 2. You use our restricted Sender ID. A restricted sender ID can send to all networks except Smart, TNT and Sun.

Yes, you can have multiple sender IDs at no additional cost.

New accounts get a default Sender ID so you can integrate and test while your own application is processed. It uses your SMS credits like any other Sender ID, reaches Globe and DITO, can't send to Smart, TNT or Sun numbers (they're refused before any credit is used), and can't send links. Your own Sender ID shows your brand name, reaches every network, and can be allowed to send links.

An inactive Sender ID can't send messages. This can happen when a Sender ID is suspended, or on older accounts whose default Sender ID was switched off. Apply for your own Sender ID, or contact us if you think it was switched off by mistake.

You must have at least 1 SID token to open up the LOA form found here.