My SMS text message is being split into multiple messages

Updated: Sat, Aug 6th, 2016 @ 1:15pm
Depending on the language you are sending in, SMS text messages are limited to either 70 or 160 characters in length.

This is because a standard SMS message can contain a maximum of 1120 bits. Latin-based languages such as English, French, and Spanish use GSM encoding, which equates to 7 bits per character; limiting 1 SMS to at most 160 characters. Languages that use Unicode Transformation Format (UTF) encoding such as Chinese, Arabic, or Japanese uses 16 bits per character; limiting 1 SMS to a maximum of 70 characters. Messages containing more than the allowed characters are automatically split and concatenated on the receivers end.

Kinesto supports sending SMS in all text based languages (e.g., English, French, Chinese, Arabic, etc.). All SMS text messages sent by Kinesto are automatically encoded into Unicode UTF-8 as needed to ensure deliverability.
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Tags: 160 characters, Communication, sms campaign, text messaging campaign