What is the character limit of one SMS? How credit is calculated?

An SMS can include only a certain number of characters. The limit is different for English and Unicode SMS.

Note: Presently, Unicode feature is only available in Quick SMS section. If you want to send Unicode SMS from DLT SMS section, you need to get your Unicode message template approved in DLT portal and once it gets approved, you can select your message template in the DLT SMS section and send it.

In this article we are going to discuss what is the character limit of one SMS and how credit is calculated.

Character limit for DLT and Quick SMS section

For sending SMS from DLT SMS section and Quick SMS section, message cost will be calculated based on the SMS count. If your message has upto 160 characters, cost of one SMS will be deducted. If your message has characters upto 306, cost of 2 SMS will be deducted.

As soon as the number of characters increase in the message box. Automatically it will be shown and the count will get increased to 2 SMS, 3 SMS and so on.

Note – In DLT and Quick SMS section, your SMS can include 1530 characters in total, not more than that.

Below is a list of how many characters will be counted as 1 SMS, 2 SMS, 3 SMS and so on. It describes about the character limit of SMS in English language.

Character limit of SMS

SMS Length( No of characters)SMS Count
1-1601
161-3062
307-4593
460-6124
613-7655
766-9186
919-10717
1072-12248
1225-13779
1378-153010

Note – Amount will be calculated based on the SMS count. Suppose there are 165 characters in your SMS. Then cost of 2 SMS will be deducted from your Fast2SMS wallet.

Next is the character limit list for Unicode SMS. For Unicode SMS, one SMS will include upto 70 characters. Maximum character limit for Unicode SMS is 331 characters.

SMS Length (No of characters)SMS Count
1-701
71-1332
134-1993
200-2654
266-3315

 

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