Mobile country code (MCC)
530
International dialling prefix
64
Major carriers
Vodafone
Skinny Mobile
Telecom New Zealand
2degrees
SMSGlobal supported
Long Code- No
Short Code- Yes
Sender ID- Alphanumeric Sender ID - Not supported.
One-way communication
Yes
Two-way communication
Yes, via short code or SMSGlobal's shared short code numbers.
Opt-in requirements
No messages should be sent to customers unless the customer has consented to receive them prior.
Opt-out requirements
Mandatory opt-out (STOP keyword) for marketing and promotional messages.
Message content
Customers must be clearly and reasonably informed of the nature and content of the business sending the SMS
Message format supported
Unicode - Yes
Concatenated messages - Yes
Delivery receipts (DLR) supported
Yes
Useful regulatory links
Commerce Commission of New Zealand - www.comcom.govt.nz
Telecommunications Carriers Forum - Mobile Content Code - www.tcf.org.nz
Changes to Operator Regulations to New Zealand
All SMS' sent to New Zealand will now require the customer's name/brand appended at the beginning of the message content.
For example, if [Company A] is sending a message such as "Your OTP is 1234", you will now need to send the message in one of the following formats:
Company A. Your OTP is 1234
Company A, your OTP is 1234
<Company A> Your OTP is 1234
Company A Your OTP is 1234
Please note that there will be a transition period throughout June 2019 and any messages that failed to comply with this requirement will be filtered/blocked starting from July 2019.