SMS Error codes

ID

SMSC ID

1

MO

2

MB

3

IB

4

AT

5

RD

6

AG

ErrorCode

Error Description

0x00000000

 No Error

 0x00000001

 Message Length is invalid

 0x00000002

 Command Length is invalid

 0x00000003

 Invalid Command ID

 0x00000004

 Incorrect BIND Status for given command

 0x00000005

ESME Already in Bound State

 0x00000006

 Invalid Priority Flag

 0x00000007

 Invalid Registered Delivery Flag

 0x00000008

 System Error

 0x00000009

 Reserved

 0x0000000A

 Invalid Source Address

 0x0000000B

 Invalid Dest Addr

 0x0000000C

Message ID is invalid

 0x0000000D

 Bind Failed

 0x0000000E

 Invalid Password

 0x0000000F

 Invalid System ID

0x00000010

  Reserved

 0x00000011

 Cancel SM Failed

 0x00000012

 Reserved

 0x00000013

 Replace SM Failed

 0x00000014

Message Queue Full

 0x00000015

 Invalid Service Type

0x00000016-0x00000032

Reserved

 0x00000033

 Invalid number of destinations

 0x00000034

 Invalid Distribution List name

 0x00000035-0x0000003F

Reserved

 0x00000040

 Destination flag is invalid (submit_multi)

 0x00000041

 Reserved

 0x00000042

 Invalid ‘submit with replace’ request (i.e. submit_sm with replace_if_present_flag set)

 0x00000043

 Invalid esm_class field data

 0x00000044

 Cannot Submit to Distribution List

 0x00000045

 submit_sm or submit_multi failed

 0x00000046-0x00000047

Reserved

 0x00000048

 Invalid Source address TON

0x00000049

 Invalid Source address NPI

0x00000050

 Invalid Destination address TON

 0x00000051

Invalid Destination address NPI

 0x00000052

 Reserved

 0x00000053

Invalid system_type field

 0x00000054

Invalid replace_if_present flag

0x00000055

 Invalid number of messages

 0x00000056-0x00000057

Reserved

 0x00000058

Throttling error (ESME has exceeded allowed message limits)

 0x00000059-0x00000060

Reserved

 0x00000061

 Invalid Scheduled Delivery Time

 0x00000062

 Invalid message validity period (Expiry time)

 0x00000063

 Predefined Message Invalid or Not Found

 0x00000064

 ESME Receiver Temporary App

 0x00000065

 ESME Receiver Permanent App Error

 0x00000066

 ESME Receiver Reject Message Error

 0x00000067

 query_sm request failed

 0x00000068-0x000000BF

Reserved

 0x000000C0

 Error in the optional part of the PDU

 0x000000C1

 Optional Parameter not allowed

 0x000000C2

 Invalid Parameter Length.

 0x000000C3

Expected Optional Parameter missing

 0x000000C4

Invalid Optional Parameter Value

 0x000000C5-0x000000FD

Reserved

0x000000FE

Delivery Failure (used for data_sm_resp)

 0x000000FF

 Unknown Error

 0x00000100-0x000003FF

Reserved for SMPP extension

0x00000400-0x000004FF

Reserved for SMSC vendor specific errors

0x00000500-0xFFFFFFFF

Reserved

Error-Code

Error Description

0x00000402

Quota reached

 0x00000403

Spam detected

 0x00000404

Hammering detected

 0x00000405

Blacklisted

Error-Code

Error Description

401

Number blacklisted in system

402

Client blacklisted in system

403

Prefix blacklisted in system

404

Invalid account Error

405

No longer applicable

406

Destination busy - The message was not sent due to the fact that the QoS was busy, please try again.

407

Reply Type Error.

408

MSIP Syntax Error.

409

No longer applicable

40A

System unavailable.

40B

System unavailable.

40C 

System unavailable.

40D

Profile Error.

40E

Username not set - No username was specified.

40F

Do not try again. Binary message not allowed on profile. - This message does not allow binary messages.

410

 Temporary System failure, please retry.

411

 Number unroutable. Do not retry.

412

Number Temporarily unroutable, please try again.

413

 Number unroutable. Do not retry.

414

Number unroutable on current settings. Do not retry.

415

 Number Temporarily unroutable, please try again.

416

Number unroutable. Do not retry.

417

Number unroutable. Do not retry.

418

Number unroutable. Do not retry.

419

Number unroutable. Do not retry.

41A

 Number unroutable. Do not retry.

41B

 Number unroutable. Do not retry.

41C

Number Temporarily unroutable, please try again.

41D

 Number unroutable. Do not retry.

41E

Number Temporarily unroutable, please try again.

41F

 Number Temporarily unroutable, please try again.

420

 Unable to send on local deliverer

421

 Cannot find originator for index. Do not retry.

422

 Destination unavailable, please try again.

Error code

Error Description

Permanent

Status

0000

Message delivered

Y

DELIVRD

Error-Code

Error Description

Permanent

Status

1

Phone related

No

BUFFERED

2

Deliver related: message within operator

No

BUFFERED

3

Accepted bySMSC

No

ACKED

4

Delivered to mobile device

n/a

DELIVERED

5

Message failed - detailed reason is unknown

n/a

FAILED

6

Final status of message is unknown

n/a

UNKNOWN

8

Message expired within the operator and failure reason is unknown

No

FAILED

20

Permanent operator error

Yes

FAILED

21

Credit related: message has been retried by operator

No

FAILED

23

Absent subscriber permanent

Yes

FAILED

24

Absent subscriber temporary

No

FAILED

25

Operator network failure

No

FAILED

26

Phone related error

No

FAILED

27

Permanent phone related error

Yes

FAILED

28

Anti-spam

Yes

FAILED

29

Content related error

Yes

FAILED

33

Age verification failure - parental lock

Yes

FAILED

73

Mobile number portability error

Yes

FAILED

74

Roaming error

No

FAILED

76

Mobile number portability and blocking error

Yes

FAILED

202

Mobile number portability error

Yes

FAILED

Error code

Error description

Permanent

Status

0000

EC_DELIVRD

Yes

DELIVERED

1

EC_UNKNOWN_SUBSCRIBER

Yes

UNDELIV

5

EC_UNIDENTIFIED_SUBSCRIBER

No

EXPIRED

6

EC_ABSENT_SUBSCRIBER_SM

No

EXPIRED

9

EC_ILLEGAL_SUBSCRIBER

Yes

UNDELIV

11

EC_TELESERVICE_NOT_PROVISIONED

Yes

UNDELIV

12

EC_ILLEGAL_EQUIPMENT

Yes

UNDELIV

13

EC_CALL_BARRED

No

EXPIRED

21

EC_FACILITY_NOT_SUPPORTED

No

EXPIRED

27

EC_ABSENT_SUBSCRIBER

No

EXPIRED

31

EC_SUBSCRIBER_BUSY_FOR_MT_SMS

No

EXPIRED

32

EC_SM_DELIVERY_FAILURE

No

EXPIRED

33

EC_MESSAGE_WAITING_LIST_FULL

No

EXPIRED

34

EC_SYSTEM_FAILURE

No

EXPIRED

35

EC_DATA_MISSING

Yes

UNDELIV

36

EC_UNEXPECTED_DATA_VALUE

Yes

UNDELIV

256

EC_SM_DF_memoryCapacityExceeded

No

EXPIRED

257

EC_SM_DF_equipmentProtocolError

No

EXPIRED

258

EC_SM_DF_equipmentNotSM_Equipped

No

EXPIRED

259

EC_SM_DF_unknownServiceCentre

No

EXPIRED

260

EC_SM_DF_sc_Congestion

No

EXPIRED

261

EC_SM_DF_invalidSME_Address

No

EXPIRED

262

 EC_SM_DF_subscriberNotSC_Subscriber

No

EXPIRED

500

EC_PROVIDER_GENERAL_ERROR

No

EXPIRED

502

EC_NO_RESPONSE

No

EXPIRED

503

EC_SERVICE_COMPLETION_FAILURE

No

EXPIRED

504

EC_UNEXPECTED_RESPONSE_FROM_PEER

No

EXPIRED

507

EC_MISTYPED_PARAMETER

No

EXPIRED

508

EC_NOT_SUPPORTED_SERVICE

No

EXPIRED

509

EC_DUPLICATED_INVOKE_ID

No

EXPIRED

511

EC_INITIATING_RELEASE

No

EXPIRED

1024

EC_OR_appContextNotSupported

No

EXPIRED

1025

EC_OR_invalidDestinationReference

No

EXPIRED

1026

EC_OR_invalidOriginatingReference

No

EXPIRED

1027

EC_OR_encapsulatedAC_NotSupported

No

EXPIRED

1028

EC_OR_transportProtectionNotAdequate

No

EXPIRED

1030

EC_OR_potentialVersionIncompatibility

No

EXPIRED

1031

EC_OR_remoteNodeNotReachable

No

EXPIRED

1152

EC_NNR_noTranslationForAnAddressOfSuchNatur

No

EXPIRED

1153

EC_NNR_noTranslationForThisSpecificAddress

No

EXPIRED

1154

EC_NNR_subsystemCongestion

No

EXPIRED

1155

EC_NNR_subsystemFailure

No

EXPIRED

1156

EC_NNR_unequippedUser

No

EXPIRED

1157

EC_NNR_MTPfailure

No

EXPIRED

1158

EC_NNR_networkCongestion

No

EXPIRED

1159

EC_NNR_unqualified

No

EXPIRED

1160

EC_NNR_errorInMessageTransportXUDT

No

EXPIRED

1161

EC_NNR_errorInLocalProcessingXUDT

No

EXPIRED

1162

EC_NNR_destinationCannotPerformReassemblyXUDT

No

EXPIRED

1163

 EC_NNR_SCCPfailure

No

EXPIRED

1164

 EC_NNR_hopCounterViolation

No

EXPIRED

1165

EC_NNR_segmentationNotSupported

No

EXPIRED

1166

EC_NNR_segmentationFailure

No

EXPIRED

1281

EC_UA_userSpecificReason

No

EXPIRED

1282

EC_UA_userResourceLimitation

No

EXPIRED

1283

EC_UA_resourceUnavailable

No

EXPIRED

1284

EC_UA_applicationProcedureCancellation

No

EXPIRED

1536

EC_PA_providerMalfunction

No

EXPIRED

1537

EC_PA_supportingDialogOrTransactionRealeased

No

EXPIRED

1538

EC_PA_ressourceLimitation

No

EXPIRED

1539

EC_PA_maintenanceActivity

No

EXPIRED

1540

EC_PA_versionIncompatibility

No

EXPIRED

1541

EC_PA_abnormalMapDialog

No

EXPIRED

1793

EC_NC_responseRejectedByPeer

No

EXPIRED

1794

EC_NC_abnormalEventReceivedFromPeer

No

EXPIRED

1795

EC_NC_messageCannotBeDeliveredToPeer

No

EXPIRED

1796

EC_NC_providerOutOfInvoke

No

EXPIRED

2048

EC_TIME_OUT

No

EXPIRED

2049

EC_IMSI_BLACKLISTED

Yes

UNDELIV

2050

EC_DEST_ADDRESS_BLACKLISTED

Yes

UNDELIV

2051

EC_InvalidMscAddress

No

EXPIRED

4096

EC_InvalidPduFormat

Yes

UNDELIV

4100

EC_Cancelled

Yes

EXPIRED

4101

EC_ValidityExpired

Yes

UNDELIV

Error-Code

Status

Permanent

Descrizione

00

DELIVRD

Y

Message is delivered to destination

01

REJECTD

Y

SMPP Gateway cannot accept the message for delivery ( i.e. you run out of credit if your account is a prepaid one )

02

UNDELIV

Y

Mobile network attemtps to deliver the message have been failed

03

ACCEPTED

N

Mobile network has accepted message for delivery

04

FAILED

Y

Mobile network is unable to accept message for delivery

05

EXPIRED

Y

Message validity period has expired

99

UNKNOWN

Y

AT cannot determine the status of your message

Error-Code

Descrizione

Permanent

Status

000

DELIVERED

Y

DELIVRD

001

EXPIRED (generic error)

002

UNKNOWN (generic error)

UNKNOWN

003

UNDELIV (generic error)

UNDELIV

004

UNDELIV (generic error)

005

DELETED (generic error)

006

FAILED (generic error)

FAILED

007

REJECTD (generic error)

REJECTD

008

UNKNOWN (generic error)

UNKNOWN

101

abort

102

absent subscriber

FAILED, UNDELIV

103

absent subscriber sm

104

absent subscriber temporary

FAILED

105

absent subscriber. imsi detached.

106

absent subscriber. no paging response via msc.

107

absent subscriber. roaming restriction.

108

absent subscriber: the message is undeliverable

109

age verification failure failed av

110

age verification failure no previous av

111

age verification failure parental lock

112

age verification failure temporary av error

113

agent not registered

114

anti spam

115

ati not allowed

116

bad parameter value

117

badly formatted transaction portion

118

badly structured component

119

barring service active

120

bearer service not provisioned

121

blacklisted destination

122

blacklisted_opc

123

blacklisted_prefix

124

busysubscriber

125

call barred

UNDELIV

126

cancelled

127

charged failed

128

connection aborted before delivery

129

content related error

130

context could not be loaded

131

controling msc system failure

132

could not asn.1 encode a parameter.

133

could not decode an asn.1 encoded parameter.

134

could not open map dialogue

135

credit related message may be being retried

136

credit related: message has been retried

137

cug_reject

138

customer blocked

139

data missing

140

data not found

141

dcs inconsistency

142

delivery fail

REJECTD

143

deregistered in hlr for gprs

144

deregistered in hlr for non-gprs

145

deregistered in the hlr for gprs

146

deregistered in the hlr for non-gprs

147

dest_address_blacklisted

148

destination blocked

149

destination blocked by customer

150

destination network or country is blocked.

151

device unable to receive sms

152

dialogue collision

153

dialogue queue size exceeded.

154

dialogue timed out

155

duplicate invoke id

156

eir system failure

157

equipment memory capacity exceeded

158

equipment not sm equiped

159

equipment not supported

160

equipment protocol error

161

error in ms

162

error in smt

163

esme client error

164

exceeded maximum length

165

expired

FAILED

166

facility not supported

167

failed_to_req_routing_info

168

flood protection in multiple identical messages

169

format error

170

forwardingfailed

171

forwardingviolation

172

gprs connection suspended

173

gprs detached

174

handset delivery failure

175

handset error

176

handset memory exceeded

177

hlr error

178

hlr failure

179

hlr system failure

ACCEPTD

180

illegal character in message body

181

illegal equipment

182

illegal subscriber

183

illegalss-operation

184

imsi detached

185

imsi_blacklisted

186

inappropriate transport message

187

incompatibleterminal

188

incorrect ie length

189

incorrect message length

190

incorrect transaction portion

191

initiating release

192

insufficient credit

193

insufficient credits to send message

194

internal error code

195

internal recoverable system failure

196

internal server error

197

invalid acct - your number has expire date

198

invalid delivery outcome

199

invalid destination address

UNKNOWN

200

invalid dialogue id

201

invalid input format

202

invalid msisdn/destaddr

203

invalid parameter

204

invalid params

205

invalid payload length

206

invalid pdu format

207

invalid response received

208

invalid service id from the request.

209

invalid sme address

210

invalid source address

211

invalid srcaddr

212

invalidmscaddress

213

invalidpduformat

214

invalidsme-address

215

invalidtargetbasestation

216

linked response unexpected

217

local acl deny

218

local cancel

219

login incorrect

220

longtermdenial

221

max_attempts_reached

222

mb_err_blacklisted_dpc

223

mb_err_blacklisted_smsc

224

mcef-set

225

memory capacity exceeded

226

message body error

227

message expired within the operator

228

message expired, reason unknown

229

message too long

230

message waiting list full

231

missing mandatory ie

232

missing parameter

233

missing params

234

mistyped component

235

mnrf-set

236

mnrg-set

237

mobile number portability and blocking error

238

mobile number portability error (client side)

239

mobile number portability error (operator side)

240

mobile subscriber not reachable

241

ms not equipped

UNKNOWN

242

ms protocol error

243

ms purged for gprs

244

ms purged for non-gprs

245

national blacklist

246

nc_abnormaleventreceivedfrompeer

247

nc_messagecannotbedeliveredtopeer

248

nc_provideroutofinvoke

249

nc_responserejectedbypeer

250

network specific error codes

251

network timeout

252

nnr_destinationcannotperformreassemblyxudt

253

nnr_errorinlocalprocessingxudt

254

nnr_errorinmessagetransportxudt

255

nnr_hopcounterviolation

256

nnr_mtpfailure

257

nnr_networkcongestion

258

nnr_notranslationforanaddressofsuchnatur

259

nnr_notranslationforthisspecificaddress

260

nnr_sccpfailure

261

nnr_segmentationfailure

262

nnr_segmentationnotsupported

263

nnr_subsystemcongestion

264

nnr_subsystemfailure

265

nnr_unequippeduser

266

nnr_unqualified

267

no free dialogues

268

no interworking module available

269

no is41 server available

270

no mt connection found for short number

271

no network response

272

no own smh

273

no paging response msc

274

no paging response via sgsn

275

no paging response via the msc

276

no paging response via the sgsn

277

no response from is41 server

278

no response from peer

279

no retry allowed

280

no route found

281

no session with user

282

no subscriber reply

283

no_response

284

no_route_to_destination

285

no_route_to_destination_sip

286

no_sub_reply

287

node not reachable

288

nogroupcallnumberavailable

289

nohandovernumberavailable

290

noradioresourceavailable

291

noroam

292

nosubscriberreply

293

not supported service

294

not_prov

295

not_supported

296

not_supported_service

297

numberchanged

298

numberofpw-attemptsviolation

299

operator barring

300

operator network failure

301

or_appcontextnotsupported

302

or_encapsulatedac_notsupported

303

or_invaliddestinationreference

304

or_invalidoriginatingreference

305

or_potentialversionincompatibility

306

or_remotenodenotreachable

307

or_transportprotectionnotadequate

308

or-notallowed

309

pa_abnormalmapdialog

310

pa_maintenanceactivity

311

pa_providermalfunction

312

pa_ressourcelimitation

313

pa_supportingdialogortransactionrealeased

314

pa_versionincompatibility

315

permanent handset error

316

permanent operator error

317

permanent phone related error

318

phone related error

319

phone switched off

320

phone switched off or phone not reachable

321

plmn system failure

ACCEPTD

322

portability error: the message was failed

323

positionmethodfailure

324

previous vlr system failure

325

provider_general_error

326

psa connection failed

327

pvlr system failure

328

radio subsystem system failure

329

ref_in_use

330

rejected

331

rejected - smsc rejected

332

relation with is41 server removed

333

remote abort

334

remote logic deny

335

remote logic error

336

removed by operator

337

removed by sme

338

resource limitation

339

return error unexpected

340

return result unexpected

341

roaming error

342

roaming level not supported

343

roaming restriction

344

route error, please contact support

345

rtec error

346

sc-addressnotincluded

347

sc-congestion

348

sccp_destination_cannot_perform_reassembly

349

sccp_error_in_local_processing

350

sccp_error_in_message_transport

351

sccp_failure

352

sccp_hop_counter_violation

353

sccp_mtp_failure

354

sccp_network_congestion

355

sccp no translation for an address

356

sccp_no_translation_for_this_specific_address

357

sccp_segmentation_failure

358

sccp_segmentation_not_suported

359

sccp_subsystem_congestion

360

sccp_subsystem_failure

361

sccp_unequipped_failure

362

sccp_unqualified

363

screening error, terminating imsi blocked

364

service center congestion

365

service completion failure

366

service temporary not available

ACCEPTD

367

service_completion_failure

368

shorttermdenial

369

sm delivery failure

370

sm loop prevented

371

sm loop prevention

372

sm_df_equipmentnotsm_equipped

373

sm_df_equipmentprotocolerror

374

sm_df_invalidsme_address

375

sm_df_memorycapacityexceeded

376

sm_df_sc_congestion

377

sm_df_subscribernotsc_subscriber

378

sm_df_unknownservicecentre

379

sm-deliveryfailure

380

sms buffered.

381

sms discarded

382

sms expired.

383

sms lower layer capabilities not provisioned

384

sms lower layer not provisioned

385

sms malformed. sms is not formed correctly

386

sms sent, no delivery report received.

387

sms submit from smsgw to smsc failure

388

sms window exceeded.

389

smsc congestion

390

smsc failure

391

smsc roaming

392

ss_err_status

393

ss_incompat

394

ss_notavail

395

ss_subviol

396

ss-errorstatus

397

ss-incompatibility

398

ss-notavailable

399

ss-subscriptionviolation

400

subscriber absent

401

subscriber barred

402

subscriber busy

403

subscriber busy for mt short message

404

subscriber not provisioned

405

subscriber not sc subscriber

406

subscriber spend limit exceeded

407

subscriber unable to be billed

408

subscriber unavailable

409

subscriber_busy_for_mt_sms

410

subscriberlocationreport

411

subscribernotsc-subscriber

412

subscription failed

413

subsequenthandoverfailure

414

system failure

ACCEPTD

415

tc user not bound

416

tcap error.

417

tcap_abort1 (on hlr request)

418

tcap_abort2 205 (on forwardsm)

419

teleservice not provisioned

420

temporary handset error - memory exceeded

421

the dialogue has received a map-delimiter error

422

the dialogue has received a map-service-request

423

the end user belongs to a network operator

424

the end user does not exist

425

the end user has insufficient funds

426

the end user is blocked

427

the end user is not allowed to purchase premium

428

the recipient has no credit

429

the subscription period is expired

430

throttling error

431

time_out

432

timeout waiting for response from peer.

433

timer_exp

434

tracingbufferfull

435

ua_applicationprocedurecancellation

436

ua_resourceunavailable

437

ua_userresourcelimitation

438

ua_userspecificreason

439

umo (unauthorised message originator)

440

umo with barring service active

441

umo with operator barring

442

unable to find outbound route for this sms.

443

unauthorizedlcsclient

444

unauthorizedrequestingnetwork

445

unexp_tcap_msg

446

unexpected data value

447

unexpected data value (in idi message)

448

unexpected data value (in internal message)

449

unexpected data value

450

unexpected error

451

unexpected linked operation

452

unexpected response from peer

453

unexpected_response_from_peer

454

unidentified subscriber via msc

455

unidentified subscriber via sgsn

456

unidentified subscriber via the msc

457

unidentified subscriber via the sgsn

458

unidentified subscriber

459

unidentifiedsubscriber

460

unknown alphabet

461

unknown equipment

462

unknown error

FAILED

463

unknown operator

464

unknown service center

465

unknown subscriber

UNKNOWN

466

unknown subscriber (gprs subscription unknown)

467

unknown subscriber (imsi unknown)

468

unknown subscriber (recipient address problem)

469

unknownbasestation

470

unknownmsc

471

unknownorunreachablelcsclient

472

unrecognized component

473

unrecognized error

474

unrecognized invoke id

475

unrecognized message type

476

unrecognized operation

477

unrecognized transaction id

478

ussd busy

479

validityexpired

480

vlr system failure

FAILED

481

vmsc system failure

482

vp exceeded

483

bind failed

484

cannot submit to DL (Distribution list)

485

command length is invalid

486

destination flag is invalid (sm_multi)

487

error in address service centre

488

incorrect bind status

489

message queue full

490

mNP other operator not allowed

491

param Retrieve Failed

492

predefined Message Not Found

493

protocol error. Error in data communication

494

query SM Failed

495

replace SM failed

496

retry queue. Delivery retry

497

sMS blocked due to unauthorised content

498

submit SM/Multi failed

499

submit w/replace invalid

500

subscriber temp. unreachable while roaming

501

unable to convert to IA5 ALPHABET

502

unable to Unpack GSM message

Error-Code

Description

Permanent

Status

0

Successfully delivered.

Y

DELIVERED

3

SMSC did not return a status for this delivery

UNKNOWN

4

SMSC refused the message.

Y

REJECTED

Message delivery expired.

Y

EXPIRED

SMSC was not able to deliver the message.

Y

UNDELIVERABLE