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?

The different data types which an SMS can be.

There are three different data types which an SMS message can be:

1. Plain text - Allows for 160 characters belonging to the GSM character set.
2. Unicode - Allows for 70 characters belonging to the Unicode chracter set which covers all the world's living languages.
3. Binary - Allows for binary data that can transmit pictures, wallpapers, VCards etc.

Support for binary data is expected in mid-June 2006.