Supported Character SetsThe Standard
GSM 03.38 Encoding
The standard SMS mobile-phone character set is used universally to send text messages. You can send a longer text message by using only the GSM 03.38 characters. The standard character set allows up to 160 characters, and includes the Roman alphabet and the most common accented forms, certain special characters, and the Greek alphabet. It includes the following characters:
@ £ \ $ ¥ è é ù ì ò Ç \ n Ø ø \ r Å å ? _ F " ? O ? ? S T ? Æ æ ß É ! \ " # ¤ % & '
( ) * + , - ../ 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : ; < = > ? ¡ A B C D E F G H I J K L M N
O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z ? Ö Ñ Ü § ¿ a b c d e f g h I j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x
y z ö ñ ü à ä Ä { } \ ~ [ ] |
NOTE: An escape character always precedes the characters {} \ ~ [ ] | €, which therefore take two characters to send.
Unicode
When using non-GSM 03.38 characters SMS transmits as a Unicode message. The Unicode character support provides the ability to send a message in Arabic, Japanese, Russian, Chinese, and other world alphabets.Back to top