sending an SMS

The number of available characters per SMS is set at 160. If the SMS contains one or several special characters , this number may be reduced to 70 characters .


from your mobile phone

You can send and receive short messages in Switzerland and in the vast majority of other countries, whatever your subscription.

from your computer

Via the SMS Composer service under My Account:

  • you can use your computer keyboard to compose your SMS and then send it anywhere in Switzerland
  • you will not be charged for the first 20 SMS messages you send each month and it will only cost you CHF 0.10/additional message , whatever your subscription.
  Price per SMS sent (CHF)
from Switzerland 		Price per SMS sent (CHF)
from abroad
Subscriptions Orange Me with 0 SMS = 0.15 with 90 SMS = free
from 91 SMS = 0.15 		with unlimited SMS = free* 0.45
(0.35 with
Travel Option)
Orange Comfort 0.10
Prima 0.10
Optima 0.15
X-treme 300 SMS per month free then 0.15
X-treme Unlimited Unlimited SMS included**
Maxima 0.15
Optima Pro 0.15
Universa Unlimited 1 SMS = 1 minute (500 minutes included)
PrePay Orange Me PrePay
My PrePay
Orangeclick 		0.10
X-treme PrePay First 10 SMS of the day = 0.13
No charge for the 11 th to the 300th SMS

Prices inclusive of VAT
* Orange acts on the assumption of a normal private usage of maximum 3000 SMS per month. In case of higher usage additional SMS will be charged at the standard rate of CHF 0.15/SMS.
** If you send more than 3000 SMS per month, Orange reserves the right to impose restrictions.

There is no charge for receiving an SMS regardless of the country.