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GSM-7
Encoding
GSM-7 Encoding
Standard SMS encoding supports 128 characters including A-Z, 0-9, and common symbols. Each SMS can hold 160 characters (153 in multipart). Extended characters (€, ^, {}, etc.) count as 2 characters.
UCS-2 (Unicode)
When your message contains emojis, Chinese, Arabic, Hindi, or other non-GSM characters, the encoding switches to UCS-2. Each SMS can only hold 70 characters (67 in multipart).