Unicode guides and articles

11 articles from eSMS Africa about unicode. Newest first.

• SMS character limit, segments and Unicode explained Why one SMS is 160 characters, why an emoji drops it to 70, how long messages split into segments and how that affects cost. eSMS App Dashboard· 4 min read
• Bulk SMS in Ethiopia: Proclamation 1321/2024, Amharic Unicode and Both Networks How Ethiopia's Personal Data Protection Proclamation 1321/2024 affects bulk SMS, plus sender IDs, Ethio telecom and Safaricom numbers, Amharic Unicode and the local clock in reminders. AfricaSMS· 7 min read
• Sending SMS to Africa from China: Sender IDs, Unicode Costs and PIPL A guide for Chinese e-commerce, app, fintech and manufacturing companies messaging African customers: registered sender IDs, Unicode traps, local-language templates, Beijing time zones and PIPL cross-border notes. Guide· 8 min read
• SMPP 3.4 bind checklist for African traffic: from bind type to DLR mapping A pre-go-live checklist for SMPP 3.4 binds carrying African traffic: bind types, window and throttling, IP allow-listing, addressing, Unicode data_coding, long messages, DLR mapping and keep-alives. SMPP· 7 min read
• GSM-7 vs Unicode SMS for African languages: what fits in 160 characters Swahili fits 160 characters; Amharic, Arabic and accented French do not. A language-by-language guide to GSM-7 and UCS-2 for African SMS, with segment maths and ways to cut cost. Guide· 8 min read
• Bulk SMS in North Africa: Arabic Unicode limits, French and 4 live markets Egypt, Morocco, Algeria and Libya on one page: why Arabic SMS hold 70 characters (67 per part), how French accents change length, consent rules and live per-SMS prices. AfricaSMS· 7 min read
• How to calculate bulk SMS cost: segments, GSM-7 vs Unicode, and local vs international rates The formula, the segment limits, the characters that quietly double your bill, and worked budgets for a school, a retailer, a fintech and a French-language campaign. Guide· 7 min read
• GSM-7 vs Unicode: How SMS Encoding Affects Length and Cost Why one message is 160 characters and another is 70, why an emoji doubles your cost, and how to keep messages to a single segment. Developers· 1 min read
• What encodings does SMPP support? GSM-7 (0x00), Latin-1 (0x03), UCS-2/UTF-16 (0x08) and binary (0x04). Use UCS-2 for Unicode content such as Arabic or emoji. Help· 1 min read
• How many characters can an SMS have? 160 characters for standard (GSM-7) encoding, or 70 for Unicode (UCS-2). Beyond that, messages are concatenated into multiple segments and reassembled on the handset. Help· 1 min read
• Do you support Unicode and emoji? Yes. We support GSM-7 (standard Latin), UCS-2/UTF-16 for Unicode (Arabic, French accents, emoji, etc.) and binary payloads. Unicode messages are billed at 70 characters per segment Help· 1 min read