SMS Wiki
NOTE:
- It is HIGHLY NOT ADVISABLEto copy/paste the message content from document processor softwares, such as Microsoft Word, as they may contain incompatible character encoding.
- GSM-7BIT extended characters will consume 2 spaces in the SMS, these characters are ^ { } \ [ ~ ] |
- Using GSM-7BIT encoding, the maximum message length is 160 characters/SMS for single SMS and 152 characters/SMS for multiple SMS's
- UsingUNICODE encoding, the maximum message length is 70 characters/SMS for single SMS and 67 characters/SMS for multiple SMS's
Read more about SMS on this link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Short_Message_Service
