We build the true carrier technology that Brazil demands
BulkSMS was founded in São Paulo to resolve a critical gap in the Brazilian communications network. We engineered a premium CPaaS platform that hosts its physical servers in country, cutting out international transit latencies and ensuring strict LGPD compliance.
Why Brazilian enterprises rely on national infrastructure?
In today’s fast-moving business landscape, mobile messaging has become the absolute backplane of transaction verification and customer service. However, prior to BulkSMS, large-scale enterprises in Brazil were caught between two bad options: utilizing global giants with dollarized pricing, foreign-based support queues, and offshore data processing, or using local legacy providers with outmoded, unreliable APIs.
Data sovereignty is not just a checkbox compliance task for the LGPD; it is a foundational pillar of operational integrity. By hosting our messaging servers inside highly secure datacenters in São Paulo, we ensure that zero sensitive user transactions, banking OTPs, or customer records ever cross national borders. This fully protects our partners from exchange rate volatility and shields critical lines against transoceanic cable drops.
Furthermore, our routing switches are directly interconnected via dark fiber to the core cellular switches of the country’s four main telecom operators—Vivo, Claro, TIM, and Oi. This carrier-direct model wipes out overseas routing hops, driving critical message latencies down to less than 3 seconds while delivering an average 99.1% success rate backed by transparent SLAs.
Native LGPD Compliance
Zero messaging records are processed or stored outside Brazil. Encrypted local backups.
Vinhedo Tier III Datacenter
Dedicated server infrastructure with complete electrical and network redundancy.
Our Core Philosophy
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Developer-First Design
Our platform documentation and APIs are built by veteran telecom developers. We target minimal integration friction to get you running under 20 lines of code.
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True Local Support SLA
We support your business through direct engineering access available 24/7/365. Talk engineer-to-engineer in your own language, bypassing automated front-desk triage.
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Predictable BRL Billing
Transparent pricing invoiced natively in Brazilian Real (BRL). Shielded from international tax structures, dynamic exchange rates, or unexpected surcharge bills.
Key milestones in our history
Click through the milestone years below to see our technical and operational progress in the Brazilian telecommunications market.
Founded in São Paulo
BulkSMS is founded in São Paulo’s financial center by Rafael Costa and Camila Rodrigues. The company launched with the pioneering thesis of providing carrier-grade messaging infrastructure completely hosted on Brazilian soil to guarantee data security.
After identifying critical regulatory bottlenecks with international providers and data latencies impacting major Brazilian fintechs, the founders established the first dedicated core server architecture in Vinhedo (SP).
The leadership driving BulkSMS
Meet our founders and directors. Click on a leadership card below to explore their professional biographies and telecom fields of expertise.
Former Oi and Nextel executive. With over 15 years dedicated to telecom network deployment across South America, Rafael has managed complex cellular rollouts and core IP transitions. An expert in national ANATEL regulatory frameworks and high-density CPaaS system architectures, he co-founded BulkSMS with the conviction that Brazilian enterprises deserve a reliable, local telecom ally backed by direct developer support in Portuguese.
Key Qualifications:
Verified enterprise compliance
We operate in full alignment with the leading data safety and telecom certifications mandated locally and internationally.
Absolute compliance with the national data protection law. Dedicated regional storage nodes and secure data processing contracts.
Bureau Veritas-issued international security standard validating all physical hosting controls and cloud platform protections.
Fully authorized corporate provider registered under the National Telecommunications Agency for messaging operations.
Annual independent technical auditing verifying rigorous internal privacy, confidentiality, and data integrity safeguards.
Secured server pipelines adhering to worldwide transactional encryption frameworks for credit card payload routes.
Authorized Meta Solution vendor in Brazil supporting instant digital template clearances and official green verification ticks.
What our customers say
about our services
"We chose Bulk SMS for its data sovereignty. 100% Brazilian local hosting is a rarity among major global CPaaS."
Patrícia Pillar
São Paulo - SP
"The local engineering support in Portuguese is outstanding. They solved our network queries in minutes."
Rodrigo Santoro
São Paulo - SP
"A transparent telecom partner that strictly complies with ANATEL and LGPD guidelines and annual external audits."
Carla Dias
Rio de Janeiro - RJ
"Bulk SMS has official direct carrier pathways homologated with Vivo, Claro, TIM, and Oi. Exceptional delivery."
Marcos Pires
São Paulo - SP
"A strategic telecom partner that scales with our fintech, providing unlimited throughput for our core APIs."
Juliana Paes
Minas Gerais - MG
"The unified corporate dashboard gave us clear visibility into billing and detailed message telemetry per channel."
Lucas Silva
Rio Grande do Sul - RS
"Exemplary security posture backed by ISO 27001 certifications and extensive annual penetration audits."
Fabio Assunção
Paraná - PR
"Bulk SMS's commitment to the Brazilian market is demonstrated by its top-tier physical local infrastructure."
Thiago Lacerda
Santa Catarina - SC
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