Guidelines for Belgium

This page provides regulatory and compliance information to help you communicate globally in an effective and compliant way.

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These guidelines are intended to help you use Retarus services in accordance with applicable global telecommunications regulations. They reflect Retarus current understanding of the compliance requirements relevant to its services and customers. However, they do not constitute legal advice, and Retarus makes no representations or warranties regarding the legal compliance of your use of its services.

Customers are responsible for understanding and complying with all legal and regulatory requirements applicable to their specific use cases. Because legal requirements may change over time, and this information may be updated without notice, you should review these pages periodically.

Summary

Locale name

Belgium

ISO-2 code

BE

ISO-3 code

BEL

Region

Europe

Dialing code

+32

Guidelines

Two-way SMS support

yes

Delivery notification support

yes*

Concatenated message support

yes

SenderID

Alphanumeric

no, overwrite with random Shortcode

Longcode

Domestic Longcode only, otherwise overwrite with random Shortcode.

Shortcode by network operator

yes

Shortcode by Retarus

N/A

Encoding

GSM-7 support

yes

UCS-2 support

yes (except Belgacom**)

* Delivery Notifications are originated by receiving network instead of receiving handset.
** SMS to Belgacom that are encoded with UCS-2 might not be displayed properly, since this network operator only supports HP Roman 8 character set.