What are per-message carrier surcharges?

10DLC Carrier Surcharges

United States SMS and MMS Consolidated Rate Table: currency USD

OrganizationNetwork NameSMS MOSMS MTMMS MOMMS MT
1st. Point CommunicationsShelcom0.00400.00400.0000.000
AT&T MobilityAT&T0.00300.00300.00750.0075
C Spire WirelessC Spire Wireless0.00350.00350.0050.010
Carolina West WirelessCarolina West Wireless0.00350.00350.0000.000
CellcomCellcom0.00350.00350.0000.000
Commnet Wireless, LLCCommnet0.0000.00250.0000.000
Cooper Valley WirelessCooper Valley Wireless0.00350.00350.0000.000
Dish WirelessDish Wireless0.00350.00350.0000.000
Inland Cellular Telephone Co.Inland Cellular0.00350.00350.0000.000
James Valley WirelessJames Valley Wireless0.00350.00350.0000.000
Nex-Tec Wireless, LLCNex-Tec Wireless0.00350.00350.0000.000
Pine TelephonePine Telephone0.00350.00350.0000.000
Southernlinc WirelessSouthernLink0.00350.00350.0000.000
Sprint PCSSprint0.0030.00300.0100.010
TextNowTextNow0.0000.00200.0000.002
T-Mobile USA, INCT-Mobile USA0.0000.00450.0100.010
Thumb Cellular LimitedThumb Cellular0.00350.00350.0000.000
Union Telephone CompanyUnion Telephone0.00350.00350.0000.000
U.S. CellularU.S. Cellular0.0000.00500.0100.010
Verizon WirelessVerizon Wireless0.00000.004050.00020.0065
Puerto Rico - ClaroClaro

0.000

0.0100

0.000

0.0150

Puerto Rico - LibertyLiberty

0.000

0.0110

0.000

0.0180

AT&T Mobility (April 1st)AT&T

$0.0035

$0.0035

$0.009

$0.009

Verizon (May 1stVerizon Wireless

$0.0045

$0.000

$0.007

$0.000

US Toll Free SMS and MMS Consolidated Rate Table: USD

Carrier

SMS (MT)

SMS (MO)

MMS (MT)

MMS (MO)

AT&T

0.003

0.003

0.0075

0.0075

Textnow

0.0015

0.00

0.002

0.00

T-Mobile

0.0045

0.0025

0.010

0.010

US Cellular

0.0045

0.0025

0.005

0.005

Verizon

0.0040

0.00

0.0065

0.00

Clearsky

0.004

0.00

0.010

0.010

Interop

0.0035

0.00

0.010

0.00

AT&T (April 1st)

0.0035

0.0035

0.009

0.009

Verizon (May 1st )

$0.0045

0.000

0.0070

0.000

US Short Code SMS Operator Surcharges

CarrierSMS MTSMS MO
Verizon Wireless  $0.0045 0.0000
AT&T  $0.0030 0.0000
T-​Mobile $0.0045 0.0000
US Cellular (now T-Mobile) $0.0045 0.0000
All Others $0.0035 0.0035
AT&T (April 1st)

$0.0035

$0.0035

US Short Code MMS Operator Surcharges

CarrierMMS MTMMS MO
Verizon Wireless  $0.020 0.020
AT&T  $0.0050 0.000
T-​Mobile $0.0000 0.010
US Cellular (now T-Mobile) $0.0100 0.000
All Others $0.0050 0.005
AT&T (April 1st)

$0.0090

$0.009

Canada SMS and MMS Consolidated Rate Table: currency USD

Carrier

SMS MT

SMS MO

MMS MT

MMS MO

Bell Mobility

$0.0080

$0.00

$0.0290

$0.00

Virgin Mobile

$0.0080

$0.00

$0.0290

$0.00

Eastlink

$0.0060

$0.00

$0.0080

$0.00

Fibernetics

$0.0038

$0.00

$0.0060

$0.00

Rodgers Wireless

$0.0090

$0.00

$0.0180

$0.00

Fido

$0.0090

$0.00

$0.0180

$0.00

Sasktel Mobility

$0.0060

$0.00

$0.0065

$0.00

Telus Mobility

$0.0075

$0.00

$0.0150

$0.00

Videotron

$0.0065

$0.00

$0.0090

$0.00

Freedom Mobile

$0.0065

$0.00

$0.0090

$0.00

T-Mobile now owns US Cellular. What other carriers
are associated with the larger mobile network operators?

MNO

Associated Carriers

T-MobileSprint, Sprint MVNO, Sprint Spectrum, Boost, Virgin Mobile, T-Mobile USA, Omnipoint, Powertel, Voicestream, Eliska Wireless, Aerial Communication, Metro PCS, USCC, US Cellular Corp, United States Cellular
AT&TAT&T, Cingular, AT&T Corp
Verizon WirelessVerizon, Bell Atlantic, Bluegrass, MCI Metro