Sending Unicode Messages

Unicode messages can be sent by setting the data coding (DC) value of the HTTP SMS request to 4 for a normal UCS2 message or 5 for a flash UCS2 message.

There is a tool for you to convert your message into Unicode. You can access this tool at any time by logging into your account on our website and clicking on Support > Online Encoding Tools.

Once you have the message converted to Unicode, you can attach it to your HTTP SMS request using the M option.

For a full description of all HTTP SMS options you can consult the HTTP SMS Specification Document article.

UCS2 messages are checked by the system to ensure they have no obvious errors- checking that the message is UCS2 encoded and is the correct length etc.

For more information on Unicode please see our Unicode UCS2 article.