{"id":1092,"date":"2019-08-13T12:49:24","date_gmt":"2019-08-13T07:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/box5398.temp.domains\/~gqkcbamy\/?p=1092"},"modified":"2019-08-13T12:52:20","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T07:22:20","slug":"how-is-sms-character-limit-calculated","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/helpcenter.nexterp.in\/helpcenter\/how-is-sms-character-limit-calculated\/","title":{"rendered":"How is SMS character limit calculated?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Using characters from the standard character set<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Up to 160 characters will be composed in a single SMS.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once the number of characters exceeds 160, the character limit for each SMS will be reduced to 153 and sent accordingly.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hence the character limit will be as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><strong>No. of SMS\u00a0<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><strong>Maximum Characters allowed (including spaces)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">160 characters<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">306 characters (2*153)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">3<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">459 characters (3*153)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">&#8230;<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">&#8230;.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">26<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">3978 characters (26*153)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><b>Using characters outside the standard character set<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to Unicode character encoding standard, using letters of Indian languages such as Hindi in the message will restrict the characters per SMS to 70.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once the number of characters exceeds 70, the character limit for each SMS message will be reduced to 67 and sent accordingly.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hence the character limit will be as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><strong>No. of SMS<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><strong>Maximum Characters allowed (including spaces)<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">1<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">70 characters<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">2<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">134\u00a0 characters (2*67)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">3<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">201 characters (3*67)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">&#8230;.<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">&#8230;.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\">30<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 50%;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">2010 characters (30*67)<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Using characters from the standard character set Up to 160 characters will be composed in a single SMS. Once the number of characters exceeds 160, the character limit for each SMS will be reduced to 153 and sent accordingly. 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