{"id":910,"date":"2022-07-21T09:29:51","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T09:29:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test.thesmsworks.co.uk\/blog\/?p=910"},"modified":"2022-09-09T15:44:16","modified_gmt":"2022-09-09T15:44:16","slug":"gsm-character-set","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesmsworks.co.uk\/blog\/gsm-character-set\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the GSM Character set?"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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What is the GSM character set?<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

The GSM-7 character set is a collection of the most commonly used letters and symbols that are used to send SMS. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The letters include most of the characters that are used in most Latin based languages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It also includes all digits from 0 – 9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here’s the full list of characters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"GSM<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

There\u2019s also an extension set of symbols that you can use. These use 2 characters as opposed to one<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\\   ^   {   }   [   ~   ]   |   \u20ac<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What does GSM stand for?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

GSM stands for Global System for Mobile communications.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How long can a text be using the GSM character set?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A standard text using GSM-7 is a maximum of 160 characters<\/a><\/strong>. You can send longer messages which will be sent a 2 separate texts and will appear as one text on the user\u2019s phone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These longer texts are known as concatenated texts<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note that if you use characters or emojis that are not in the GSM character set, your text will be sent as unicode<\/a><\/strong> and you only have a maximum of 70 characters per text.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Related articles<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is unicode?<\/a> <\/strong>GSM’s unruly cousin that can cause you to spend more that you intended sending SMS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is SS7?<\/a> <\/strong>Deep into SMS infrastructure here with a simple explanation of SS7<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What’s the maximum length of text message?<\/strong><\/a> Is there a maximum and what is it?<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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