Learn how to verify your Toll-Free US/Canada numbers for messaging compliance.
Submit your US/Canada Toll-Free Number Verification here!
⚠️ Please note: The deadline for registration of Toll-Free US/Canada Numbers has passed. We suggest you complete this registration as soon as possible to protect your SMS experience.
This industry-wide process is jointly managed by CallHippo and our suppliers and carriers providing US/Canada Toll-Free numbers. This verification reduces the risk of message filtering on Toll-Free traffic toward all major networks in the United States and many major networks in Canada.
If a Toll-Free number is not verified or if the submitted verification documentation is rejected, outgoing SMS traffic may be blocked for the unregistered Toll-Free number. While submitted verification is pending, outbound SMS traffic will be open.
Unverified Toll-Free outbound sms activity towards US numbers will be limited to:
Daily limit: 2,000 segments
Weekly limit: 12,000 segments
Monthly limit: 25,000 segments
⚠️ Above this limit every additional outbound sms message will be filtered by our provider. Inbound won’t be affected.
Unverified Toll-Free outbound sms activity towards Canadian numbers will be blocked.
This process will not impact inbound SMS traffic or voice services.
If your company has registered numbers for A2P 10DLC, you will be required to submit new information unique to your Toll-Free US/Canada numbers for messaging compliance as A2P 10DLC does not apply to Toll-Free numbers.
Unlike A2P 10DLC, which has requirements for registration based on volume and use case, this registration is required for all Toll-Free US/Canada numbers regardless of messaging volume or use case.
For information about A2P 10DLC, please visit the following articles:
What is a “Segment?”
CallHippo, along with the whole telco industry (carriers and providers), count messages in 'segments.' Segments come from the SMS standard that was implemented in the 1990s, and is still in use today.
1 segment is 160 characters (using only a specific range of characters). Longer text messages are combined to appear as single messages even if they contain several segments (up to 1600 characters).
To verify how many segments are in one of your messages, you can find segment calculators online.
US/Canada Toll-Free Number Verification
Submit your US/Canada Toll-Free Number Verification here!
You will be required to provide the following information for your US/Canada Toll-Free numbers:
Business Name
Company Website
Business Address
Compliance Contact (someone at your business who can respond to compliance questions if they arise)
Expected Monthly Message Volume
Toll-Free numbers to be verified
Use Case / Description of the Use Case*
Production Message Content (samples that reflect the type of messages you will be sending)
Opt-in Description (how do your recipients provide consent to receive messages?)
Opt-in details (link to, an image of, or a scanned copy of the opt-in page or process)
*Here are examples of use cases:
2FA
App Notifications
Appointments
Auctions
Auto Repair Services
Bank Transfers
Billing
Booking Confirmations
Business Updates
COVID-19 Alerts
Career Training
Chatbot
Conversational / Alerts
Courier Services & Deliveries
Emergency Alerts
Events & Planning
Financial Services
Fraud Alerts
Fundraising
General Marketing
General School Updates
HR / Staffing
Healthcare Alerts
Housing Community Updates
Insurance Services
Job Dispatch
Legal Services
Mixed
Motivational Reminders
Notary Notifications
Order Notifications
Political
Public Works
Real Estate Services
Religious Services
Repair and Diagnostics Alerts
Rewards Program
Surveys
System Alerts
Voting Reminders
Waitlist Alerts
Webinar Reminders
Workshop Alerts
Still in need of assistance? Please feel free to reach out to the Support Team and we will be happy to assist!