Encoding setting
Last updated
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Messages sent via the service SMSC may consist of Latin and Cyrillic letters, as well as include special characters (Russian and Latin letters with diacritical marks, letters of the Greek and other alphabets, specific punctuation marks, as well as non-printing characters). When sending messages, it is recommended to use the settings tabled below.
Text
Data coding
Encoding
Message length
Cyrillic
0x08
UTF-16ВE (big endian)
70 characters
Latin
0x00
ASCII-8
160 characters
IMPORTANT
Be careful about using the following characters in SMS:
£,¥,è,é,ù,ì,ò,Ç,Ø,ø,Å,å,Δ,Φ,Γ,Λ,Ω,Π,Ψ,Σ,Θ,Ξ,Æ,æ,ß,É,¤,¡,Ä,Ö,Ñ,Ü,§ ¿,ä,ö,ñ,ü,à,
NUL,SOH,STX,ETX,EOT,ENQ,ACK,BEL,BS,TAB,VT,SO,SI,DLE,DC1,DC2,DC3,DC4,
NAK,SYN,ETB,CAN,EM,SUB,FS,GS,RS,US,`,DEL.
Operators may not support these characters or convert messages to Unicode due to their platform or specification, thereby increasing the number of message parts charged.