Appendix - Mobile message type specification

This page lists the mobile message types supported by Ozeki NG SMS Gateway. Each message type has a name and an XML format. If you want to send a mobile message you can use the format discussed in this document to pass it to the SMS gateway.

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SMS:TEXT A text message, which can contain alphanumeric characters of the default GSM alphabet. The basic message length is 160 characters. If the message is longer, it is sent using more than one message. In this case, each SMS contains 153 characters.
SMS:TEXT:GSM7BIT:CLASS0 A text SMS message. Often referred to as a FLASH SMS message. It is different from traditional messages, because it is immediately displayed on the screen of the phone and not saved in its memory.
SMS:TEXT:GSM7BIT:CLASS1 A text SMS message. Class1 indicates that the message should be stored on the Device.
SMS:TEXT:GSM7BIT:CLASS2 A text SMS message. Class2 indicates that the message should be stored on the SIM card.
SMS:TEXT:GSM7BIT:CLASS3 A text SMS message. Class3 indicates that the message should be sent to the terminal equipment (TE) attached to the phone.
SMS:TEXT:UCS2 A text SMS message encoded using unicode characters. This message type is used if Arabic, Chinese or other special characters should be sent. A unicode text message can contain 70 characters. If the message text is longer and concatenated messages are used, 63 unicode characters are sent in one SMS message.
SMS:BINARY A binary SMS message. The maximum message length is 140 octets.
SMS:BINARY:XML A binary SMS message with direct access to the PID, DCS and UDH fields in the SMS PDU.
SMS:WAPPUSH A WAP push message contains a URL link to a WAP or webpage.
SMS:WAPPUSH:SL A WAP push message contains a URL link for service loading.
SMS:WAPPUSH:BOOKMARK Bookmark a webpage that can be used for browsing.
SMS:WAPPUSH:OTABROWSERSETTINGS:GPRS Provide handsets with basic settings needed to establish a connection to be used for browsing.
SMS:WAPPUSH:OTABROWSERSETTINGS:GSMCSD Provide handsets with basic settings needed to establish a connection to be used for browsing.
SMS:WAPPUSH:OTABROWSERSETTINGS:GSMSMS Provide handsets with basic settings needed to establish a connection to be used for browsing.
SMS:WAPPUSH:OTABROWSERSETTINGS:GSMUSSD Provide handsets with basic settings needed to establish a connection to be used for browsing.
SMS:WAPPUSH:OTABROWSERSETTINGS:IS136CSD Provide handsets with basic settings needed to establish a connection to be used for browsing.
SMS:WAPPUSH:OTASYNCMLSETTINGS Provide handsets with basic settings needed to establish a sync session with a sync server.
SMS:WAPPUSH:OMAOTASETTINGS:GPRS This refers to the setting up of new services, such as GPRS, MMS and Instant Messaging for an existing subscriber of a mobile phone network, and any gateways to standard Internet chat or mail services
SMS:WAPPUSH:OMAOTASETTINGS:GSMCSD
SMS:PICTUREMESSAGE A picture message.
SMS:VCARD A vcard message.
SMS:VCALENDAR A vcalendar message.
SMS:INDICATION:VOICEMAIL A voice mail indication message.
SMS:INDICATION:EMAIL An e-mail indication message.
SMS:INDICATION:FAX A fax indication message.
SMS:INDICATION:VIDEO A video indication message.
SMS:BINARY:PICTUREMESSAGE A black and white picture sent in SMS
SMS:TEXT (USSD) An USSD message can be sent as SMS:TEXT. Please put the USSD request code into the recipient address.
MMS A multimedia message containing text, picture, video and audio content.

Figure 1 - Message types

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