How to send a SMS that has Unicode text?

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BG Mahesh - 07 Jun 2007 07:24 GMT

Hi,

We publish content in the four South Indian languages. We are able to
browse the Indian language content (which use Unicode font) on
handsets which have in-built Indian language font support (we have
tested on Samsung and Nokia handsets).

We can sms to mobiles via email (English text). I tried sending
unicode text by email (mobilenumber@airtelkk.com) but we received only
junk on the handset.

I would like to know what is the best way of sending Unicode text i.e.
the user has to receive a SMS that has Unicode text. Again, I will
assume these handsets have support for these Indian language fonts
from the vendor itself, so the end user doesn't have to install
anything additional on the mobile.

We are open to sending this SMS from Windows/Linux platform. I know
the solution is something simple, I am missing something basic.

Any pointers is appreciated.

-- B.G. Mahesh

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John Henderson - 07 Jun 2007 07:56 GMT

> We publish content in the four South Indian languages. We are
> able to browse the Indian language content (which use Unicode
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> Any pointers is appreciated.

If you're using an e-mail to SMS interface, then you're
absolutely restricted by the capabilities of the software
that's being used. You'd need to contact that service provider
to determine whether it's supposed to have the functionality
you want. There may be some e-mail setting or parameter you
need to modify.

Is this 8-bit Unicode? Perhaps you could lodge these messages
using SMPP over a direct Internet connection to an SMSC
(message centre). See http://www.g24.li/?page=sms_features for
example.

Whether 8-bit or 16-bit, you could send these messages through a
GSM modem using PDU-mode with suitable software. I can't
guarantee that you could find suitable software "off the shelf"
however.

John

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BG Mahesh - 08 Jun 2007 03:21 GMT

John

Thanks for the detailed response. Sending the SMS thru email is not
the mandatory method. I should have said "the goal is to send Unicode
sms thru any viable method".

It appears email is not viable. So other than what you have suggested
are there any other methods?

regards,

> > We publish content in the four South Indian languages. We are
> > able to browse the Indian language content (which use Unicode
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>
> John

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