For the period of December 2013 – January 2014 the following changes were made to short codes operation:

1) Short codes changes

2) Short codes disconnection

Dear partners!

SmsCoin wishes you Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! May the upcoming 2014 year become profitable and successful in all spheres of your activity, bring you achievement of all goals and a lot of meaningful ideas. We would like to thank you for partnership and hope that our cooperation and confidence established between us will become a basis for implementation of the most ambitious and interesting projects.

Sincerely yours, SmsCoin team

Due to the delay of payouts from mobile carriers of Poland, Egypt, Jordan, Iraq, Kuwait, Morocco, Oman and Tunisia, starting December 2013 we are impelled to temporarily delay the payouts for messages received from subscribers of these countries till we receive the funds from mobile carriers.

You will be notified additionally on the payouts recovery. Please accept our apologies for possible inconvenience.

Due to the new rules of work of Safaricom mobile carrier in Kenya, the rate in the country was changed from 60 KES to 30 KES. The changes come into effect from December 19, 2013.

We apologize that there hasn't been any prior notification on the rate change.

Please make sure to update rates scale in addition to changing instructions for sending SMS on your website accordingly.

Due to changes in payout shares for all Beeline mobile carrier short codes in Kazakhstan, starting November 1, 2013 partners' revenue share percentage for the mobile carrier will be decreased. Partners' revenue shares for other mobile carriers in the country remain the same.

Thank you for understanding!

Due to the new rules of work in the market of Belgium, we are obliged to partially stop the work with SMS payments in the country.

According to new requirements, in order to process SMS payments from subscribers in Belgium, it is necessary to follow certain rules:

1. The advert (payment instruction) should include a special pictogram where a short code and a message cost including VAT are provided.

Below is given the example of the pictogram approved by the Ethical Commission and GOF in Belgium.

2. Usage of short codes according to a service type

6xxx – entertainment services (games, logos, ringtones)

The highest possible tariff is 2 EUR

5xxx – services for children (persons under 18)

The highest possible tariff is 0,5 EUR

3xxx – other services (which don't get under above-mentioned categories)

The highest possible tariff is 4 EUR

7xxx – 18+ services

The highest possible tariff is 4 EUR

As far as the majority of services are aimed at minors, a number of services will have to work with a very low tariff (0,5 euro). The usage of short codes on the services which don't comply with the requirements can result in a considerable penalty charge or a complete disconnection of the short code.

The only way out from the current situation is the connection of Direct Carrier Billing in Belgium. This payment method provides higher revenue shares in comparison with Premium SMS, withdraws limits for payment amounts and project categories with which it is allowed to work within the country, saves from the necessity to place a special pictogram. For more detailed information please contact the company's financial department via sales@smscoin.com.

Starting October 2013 our short codes are active in Georgia.

The following rates are available for subscribers in the country (all rates include VAT):

93334 — 1,09 GEL

93335 — 2,24 GEL

93336 — 3,24 GEL

93337 — 4,60 GEL

93338 — 5,00 GEL

The information on mobile carriers in Georgia and payout shares is provided in the rates scale.

We are glad to inform you on the recovery of the short codes operation in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Egypt.

Starting October 2013 the following short codes are available for the UAE:

3881 — 5.00 AED
3882 — 10.00 AED

And the following short codes are available for subscribers from Egypt:

95125 — 5.00 EGP
94122 — 4.00 EGP
9326 — 3.00 EGP

We have gathered some useful information about the countries for those who hesitate about connecting them.

The UAE is a country with favorable conditions for mobile infrastructure development.

It is worth mentioning that it is one of the countries with the highest level of mobile phone penetration rate with the index of 205,6%. The total number of mobile subscribers in the UAE is 12,36 million people.

At the same time, it should be taken into account that mobile carriers are extremely strict with the projects they consider to be risk. These projects include, along with common gambling games and adult services, horoscopes and wallpapers for mobile phones. For this reason, we strongly demand to pay attention to the content on the websites in order to prevent penalty charges.

In Egypt, in spite of low income of the country residents, due to the developed tourism infrastructure 3G and 3,5G networks are currently available for providing the high-speed Internet within the country. In addition to this, Egypt is the 22d with the index of 84,4% among the countries in the rating of mobile phone penetration rate.

Mobile carriers in the country forbid using short codes on the services which may include prohibited content (adult content): file hosting service, video dating websites.

In order to connect Egypt, it is necessary to send a request to the financial department to sales@smscoin.com.

Dear partners!

In the beginning of September we have informed you about the recovery of processing of messages sent by Tele2 subscribers in Russia. However, you can see that the information on Tele2 is no longer available in the rates scale. It means that prior approval from SmsCoin financial department is required for connection of Tele2 short codes.

Please contact the manager or write to sales@smscoin.com in order to start accepting payments from Tele2 subscribers in Russia.

Please note that Tele2 short codes 3833 and 2097 are temporarily unavailable. You will be notified additionally on the short codes recovery.