LONG SMS - Send LONG SMS
What is a Long SMS?
Long SMS is a feature which facilitates sending and receiving text messages (SMS) longer than the usual 160 character limit. Long messages can be composed as one, and are automatically split into smaller messages to ease their delivery over the network.
Why long SMS?
The regular SMS technology facilitates one SMS message only which carries a limited amount of data (160 characters).
An SMS with more than 160 characters is delivered in breaks or multiple parts.
For users with a different requirement, an extension called concatenated SMS (also known as long SMS) has been developed. A long SMS text message can contain more than 160 English characters.
How does Long SMS work?
Our Bulk SMS Software breaks down a long message into smaller parts and delivers each of them as a single
SMS message. When these SMS messages reach the destination, the recipient's mobile phone combines them back into one
long message.
It must be noted that a concatenated SMS is not supported by all handset types, hence delivering the message in
multiple parts. However, with the technological advancements in today's world, almost all mobile handsets support this
feature.
Below is an example of how long SMS works
This is test for new technology - Long SMS!!! Now you can send more than 160 characters and it will be displayed as one single SMS. Long SMS supports up to 760 characters. This feature further depends on handset compatibility but yet, in today’s world most handsets are compatible with SMS collaboration and displays it as one single SMS. This is a great service. Currently the SMS length is 429 characters and 4 messages in length.
In normal Bulk SMS push, the above message will be delivered in 3 parts
| Sender: i W i z | Sender: i W i z | Sender: i W i z |
The same message above, when pushed through Long SMS feature will be sent in 3 different parts but the handset will display all the messages in one single SMS
| Sender: Life in SMS |