Telia SMS API

Spec sheet

What it does

Telia SMS API connects business software to Telia infrastructure for automated SMS sending and receiving.Read 15 Oct 2026 · cdn.messaging.teliacompany.com

Integrations

The Lithuanian product integrates customer systems through HTTP or SMPP protocols via REST API.Read 15 Oct 2026 · telia.lt

App capabilities

The Mano Telia Android app lets Lithuanian customers pay bills, monitor mobile usage, view invoices and authenticate with biometrics or PIN.Read 15 Oct 2026 · play.google.com

Authentication

The REST service supports HTTP Basic authentication and bearer tokens; the documentation also records token acquisition through Basic authentication or mTLS.Read 15 Oct 2026 · cdn.messaging.teliacompany.com

Billing unit

Telia charges according to the number of SMS parts generated by a message.Read 15 Oct 2026 · sms.telia.lt

Bulk messaging

The Lithuanian SMS API page lists high-volume sending above 500,000 messages.Read 15 Oct 2026 · telia.lt

Callback API

A separate callback API delivers delivery reports and mobile-originated messages, which customers must implement to receive those events.Read 15 Oct 2026 · cdn.messaging.teliacompany.com

Company history

Telia's business site says the company has operated since 1853.Read 15 Oct 2026 · telia.se

Company size

LinkedIn lists Telia as a public telecommunications company with more than 10,001 employees and headquarters in Solna.Read 15 Oct 2026 · linkedin.com

Country contracting

Telia requires a separate Bulk Messaging agreement for each country in which the customer wants to send SMS.Read 15 Oct 2026 · cdn.messaging.teliacompany.com

Developer documentation

The documentation portal lists REST/JSON SMS, batch, authentication, webhook, callback, address-book, email-to-SMS and workflow APIs, plus legacy SOAP APIs.Read 15 Oct 2026 · sms.telia.lt

Dynamic content

The Lithuanian offering supports dynamic values in message text for personalized SMS.Read 15 Oct 2026 · telia.lt

Free test account

Telia invites users to create a free test account for the Web Portal.Read 15 Oct 2026 · sms.telia.lt

Independent wrapper

An independent GitHub project provides a small Python Telia SMS wrapper under the MIT licence, with an example send_sms call.Read 15 Oct 2026 · github.com

Licence

The Telia SMS API is presented as a commercial service; Telia's documentation does not publish an open-source licence.Read 15 Oct 2026 · sms.telia.lt

Limit: billing and customer service

Trustpilot reviewers reported billing-system problems, continued invoices after switching, and difficulty reaching support.Read 15 Oct 2026 · au.trustpilot.com

Limit: connectivity outages

Trustpilot complaints repeatedly describe internet disconnections and long service interruptions.Read 15 Oct 2026 · au.trustpilot.com

Limit: integration effort

Telia's implementation guide assumes GSM/UMTS SMS knowledge and familiarity with the Bulk Messaging agreement.Read 15 Oct 2026 · cdn.messaging.teliacompany.com

Limit: regional sub-numbers

Customer-defined sub-numbers are documented as supported only for Norwegian SMS services.Read 15 Oct 2026 · cdn.messaging.teliacompany.com

Lithuanian ownership

Telia Company AB owns 88.15% of Telia Lietuva's shares and votes as of 30 June 2026.Read 15 Oct 2026 · telia.lt

Message encoding

GSM-7 messages allow 160 characters per SMS part, while UCS-2 allows 70; multipart messages use 153 and 67 characters respectively.Read 15 Oct 2026 · sms.telia.lt

Notable news

Telia Company announced publication of its 2025 annual report on 18 March 2026.Read 15 Oct 2026 · teliacompany.com

Praise: reliability and support

A Trustpilot reviewer praised reliable mobile and business services plus helpful, professional support staff.Read 15 Oct 2026 · au.trustpilot.com

Rating on Google Play

Mano Telia is listed at 4.8 out of 5 from 18.1K reviews.Read 15 Oct 2026 · play.google.com

Rating on Trustpilot

1.2 out of 5 from 2,143 reviews for Telia Norge.Read 15 Oct 2026 · au.trustpilot.com

REST API

Telia documents a JSON REST API with a v2 base URL at api.messaging.teliacompany.com/sms/rest/v2.Read 15 Oct 2026 · cdn.messaging.teliacompany.com

Scheduled sending

The service feature table includes delayed or scheduled SMS sending.Read 15 Oct 2026 · telia.lt

Sender ID

Customers can send using an alphanumeric sender name; the Lithuanian page limits it to 11 Latin characters without spaces or Lithuanian letters.Read 15 Oct 2026 · telia.lt

Sender ID protection

Sender ID Protection blocks unauthorized originating addresses and can block and still charge messages using blacklisted look-alike IDs.Read 15 Oct 2026 · cdn.messaging.teliacompany.com

SMPP

Telia supports SMPP 3.4 for high-volume or existing SMPP integrations.Read 15 Oct 2026 · cdn.messaging.teliacompany.com

SMPP access restriction

SMPP customers must provide a static IP address for Telia whitelist access control.Read 15 Oct 2026 · cdn.messaging.teliacompany.com

SMPP security

SMPP connections require TLS with a minimum version of 1.2.Read 15 Oct 2026 · cdn.messaging.teliacompany.com

Statistics limitation

Portal statistics searches cover at most 31 days and are updated from daily exports through the previous day.Read 15 Oct 2026 · cdn.messaging.teliacompany.com

Two-way messaging

The service supports two-way SMS communication, with the feature charged separately in Lithuania.Read 15 Oct 2026 · telia.lt

Plans and prices

Every Telia SMS API plan and price →

Where Specifiction places it

• Transactional SMS Software#24 of 768.3