Knowledge Base

Sub-categories

1. Binary Data
   All aspects relating to the sending of Mobile Terminated SMS.
2. Long Messaging
   The way in which SMS can be used to transmit long messages.
3. Plain Text
   The type of SMS which takes up 160 characters using the Latin/English alphabet.
4. Unicode Text
   A type of MT SMS that uses non-latin (English) characters.

Articles

• The different data types which an SMS can be.

Frequently Asked Questions

• How can I send messages with accented characters such as é, è or à?

Question

How can I send messages with accented characters such as é, è or à?

Answer

Plain-text messages are restricted to the GSM 7-Bit Alphabet and, although this does cover many accented characters, it does not cover them all.

So, the two alternatives are to either replace the unsupported characters with their plain-text equivalent or deliver the message using Unicode.