SMS Prefix Identifiers In India
The first 3 characters of each SMS delivered/terminated in India shall act as an identifier. The first character denotes the TSP (Telecom Service Provider) and the second character denotes the LSA (License Service Area) followed by a “-“ (hyphen). The sender id length in India shall be six (6) characters and shall be assigned to the Principal Entity.
Example:
AL-SMSBDY // Here AX stands for Airtel Kerala
BD-SMSBDY // Here BD stands for BSNL Delhi
| List of TSPs (First character of Prefix) | ||
| Code | TSP | TSP Name |
| D | AIRCEL | Aircel Ltd/ Dishnet Wireless Ltd |
| A | AIRTEL | Bharti Airtel Ltd/ Bharti Hexacom Ltd |
| B | BSNL | Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd |
| J | JIO | Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd |
| M | MTNL | Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Ltd |
| Q | QTL | Quadrant Televentures Limited |
| R | RCL | Reliance Communications Ltd |
| E | RTL | Reliance Telecom Ltd |
| T | TATA | Tata Teleservices Ltd/ Tata Teleservices (Mah) Ltd |
| C | VCON | V-CON Mobile & Infra Private Ltd. |
| V | VODAIDEA | Vodafone Idea Ltd. |
| List of Service Areas (Second character of Prefix) | |
| Code | Service Area |
| A | Andhra Pradesh |
| S | Assam |
| B | Bihar |
| D | Delhi |
| G | Gujarat |
| H | Haryana |
| I | Himachal Pradesh |
| J | Jammu & Kashmir |
| X | Karnataka |
| L | Kerala |
| K | Kolkata |
| Y | Madhya Pradesh |
| Z | Maharashtra |
| M | Mumbai |
| N | North East |
| O | Orissa |
| P | Punjab |
| R | Rajasthan |
| T | TamilNadu including Chennai |
| E | UP-East |
| W | UP-West |
| V | West Bengal |