Information on requesting SMS/MMS
short numbers 

Service description

With SMS/MMS short numbers, you can offer your customers access to content services via SMS (Short Message Service) and MMS (Multimedia Messaging System). These numbers must be requested from a telecommunications service provider.

SMS/MMS short numbers are three to five-digit numbers, the first digit of which must be between 2 and 9.

SMS/MMS short numbers are allocated directly to content providers by the telecommunications service providers Salt, Swisscom and Sunrise. Please contact one of these providers directly to request an SMS/MMS short number.


Do you have any questions or comments about SMS/MMS short numbers? 

Contact us using the service Contact for questions about telecom services.

Support - Contact

Federal Office of Communications
TP-NA
Zukunftstrasse 44
Postfach 256
CH-2501 Biel/Bienne

Tel.: +41 58 460 56 41
Email: numbering@bakom.admin.ch 
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