Error 2916 simply means “the sender ID you are trying to use for your bulk SMS is not allowed”.

Usually, spam related words used as sender IDs are not allowed by GSM operators. And the filtering system of the bulk SMS platform as integrated with the GSM operators’ will not allow your chosen sender ID to be used for the message.

Additionally, the sender ID been used might be a phone number, and there are reasons why you should not use phone numbers as sender IDs for your messages. This equally has to do with some GSM operators standards and regulations concerning that.

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