COUNTRY

CAN USE CUSTOM NAME IN SMS

PRE-REGISTRATION REQUIREMENT

Afghanistan

Yes

No

Albania

Yes

No

Algeria

Yes

No

Andorra

Yes

No

Angola

Yes

No

Anguilla

Yes

No

Antigua & Barbuda

Yes

No

Argentina

No


Armenia

Yes

No

Aruba

Yes

No

Australia

Yes

No

Austria

Yes

No

Azerbaijan

No


Bahamas

Yes

No

Bahrain

Yes

No

Bangladesh

No


Barbados

Yes

No

Belarus

No


Belgium

Yes

No

Belize

Yes

No

Benin

Yes

No

Bermuda

Yes

No

Bhutan

Yes

No

Bolivia

Yes

No

Bosnia & Herzegovina

Yes

No

Botswana

Yes

No

Brazil

No


Brunei Darussalam

Yes

No

Bulgaria

Yes

No

Burkina Faso

No


Burundi

Yes

No

Cambodia

Yes

No

Cameroon

Yes

No

Canada

No


Cape Verde

Yes

No

Cayman Islands

No


Central African Republic

Yes

No

Chad

Yes

No

Chile

No


China

No


Colombia

No


Comoros

Yes

No

Congo

No


Congo D.R.

No


Cook Islands

Yes

No

Costa Rica

No


Croatia

No


Cuba

No


Cyprus

Yes

No

Czech Republic

No


Denmark

Yes

No

Djibouti

Yes

No

Dominica

Yes

No

Dominican Republic

No


Ecuador

No


Egypt

No


El Salvador

No


Equatorial Guinea

Yes

No

Estonia

Yes

No

Falkland Islands

Yes

No

Faroe Islands

Yes

No

Fiji

Yes

No

Finland

Yes

No

France

Yes

No

French Guiana

No


French Polynesia

Yes

No

Gabon

Yes

No

Gambia

Yes

No

Georgia

Yes

No

Germany

Yes

No

Ghana

No


Gibraltar

Yes

No

Greece

Yes

No

Greenland

Yes

No

Grenada

Yes

No

Guadeloupe

Yes

No

Guam

No


Guatemala

No


Guernsey

Yes

No

Guinea

Yes

No

Guinea-Bissau

Yes

No

Guyana

Yes

No

Haiti

Yes

No

Honduras

No


Hong Kong

Yes

No

Hungary

No


Iceland

Yes

No

India

No


Indonesia

No


Iran

No


Iraq

No


Ireland

Yes

No

Isle of Man

Yes

No

Israel

Yes

No

Italy

Yes

No

Cote dIvoire

Yes

No

Jamaica

Yes

No

Japan

No


Jersey

Yes

No

Jordan

No


Kazakhstan

No


Kenya

No


Kuwait

No


Kyrgyzstan

No


Laos PDR

No


Latvia

Yes

No

Lebanon

Yes

No

Lesotho

No


Liberia

Yes

No

Libya

Yes

No

Liechtenstein

Yes

No

Lithuania

Yes

No

Luxembourg

Yes

No

Macau

Yes

No

Macedonia

Yes

No

Madagascar

No


Malawi

No


Malaysia

No


Maldives

Yes

No

Mali

No


Malta

Yes

No

Martinique

Yes

No

Mauritania

Yes

No

Mauritius

Yes

No

Mayotte

Yes

No

Mexico

No


Moldova

Yes

No

Monaco

No


Mongolia

Yes

No

Montenegro

Yes

No

Montserrat

Yes

No

Morocco

No


Mozambique

No


Myanmar

No


Namibia

No


Nauru

No


Nepal

No


Netherlands

Yes

No

Netherlands Antilles

Yes

No

New Caledonia

Yes

No

New Zealand

No


Nicaragua

No


Niger

Yes

No

Nigeria

No


Norfolk Island

Yes

No

Norway

Yes

No

Oman

No


Pakistan

No


Palestinian Territory

Yes

No

Panama

No


Papua New Guinea

Yes

No

Paraguay

No


Peru

Yes

No

Philippines

No


Poland

Yes

No

Portugal

Yes

No

Puerto Rico

No


Qatar

No


Reunion

Yes

No

Romania

No


Russia

No


Rwanda

Yes

No

Samoa

Yes

No

San Marino

Yes

No

Sao Tome & Principe

Yes

No

Saudi Arabia

No


Senegal

Yes

No

Serbia

No


Seychelles

Yes

No

Sierra Leone

Yes

No

Singapore

No


Slovakia

Yes

No

Slovenia

Yes

No

Solomon Islands

Yes

No

Somalia

Yes

No

South Africa

No


South Korea

No


South Sudan

Yes

No

Spain

Yes

No

Sri Lanka

No


St Kitts & Nevis

Yes

No

St Lucia

Yes

No

St Vincent & the Grenadines

Yes

No

Sudan

Yes

No

Suriname

Yes

No

Swaziland

Yes

No

Sweden

Yes

No

Switzerland

Yes

No

Syria

No


Taiwan

No


Tajikistan

Yes

No

Tanzania

No


Thailand

No


Timor-Leste

Yes

No

Togo

Yes

No

Tonga

Yes

No

Trinidad & Tobago

Yes

No

Tunisia

No


Turkey

No


Turkmenistan

No


Turks & Caicos Islands

Yes

No

Uganda

No


Ukraine

Yes

No

United Arab Emirates

No


United Kingdom

Yes

Required

United States

No


Uruguay

No


Uzbekistan

No


Vanuatu

Yes

No

Venezuela

No


Vietnam

No


Virgin Islands British

Yes

No

Yemen

No


Zambia

Yes

No

Zimbabwe

Yes

No