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NowSMS Support Forums ⬆ NowSMS Support - SMS Issues ⬆ Archive through September 15, 2003 ⬆ |
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| William |
Dear Sir, I would like to know what is the maximum length of a SMS Text message because as I know the max size of the message is 140 octet and can send 160 character using 7bit coding. But using now sms, I can send up to 160 byte data in the SMS text message | |||
| Bryce Norwood - NowSMS Support (Bryce) |
Hi William, I believe this question is a duplicate of the question at this link Encoding of SMS Simple Text for Long SMS. If this is a different question, please clarify. You will find a through explanation of SMS size limits (and lengths) for different types of SMS messages at the following link: http://www.nowsms.com/long-sms-text-messages-and-the-160-character-limit Sorry for the delay in responding to your questions. -bn | |||
| Bryce Norwood - NowSMS Support (Bryce) |
And just to clarify the points here ... you are right about the limits. NowSMS uses 7-bit coding to pack 160 characters into 140 bytes on some interfaces (like the GSM modem interface). Many of the other SMSC interfaces want to do any packing themselves (although NowSMS does its own packing and segmentation for messages longer than 160 characters). -bn | |||
