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Appendix:
GSM 7-bit Default Alphabet Table (with Character Codes of ISO
8859
Latin 1)

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The
following table lists all characters and their decimal and
hexadecimal codes as defined in the "GSM 7-bit default alphabet"
text coding scheme. The corresponding character codes defined in ISO
8859 Latin 1 are also provided in the table for ease of
reference.
The GSM 7-bit default alphabet consists of 128 characters totally and
each character is represented by 7 bits. 10 extra
characters are
defined in the GSM 7-bit default alphabet extension table and they
have to be represented through an escape
mechanism using the escape
character (0x1B). The 10 extra characters are:

Form
feed

Caret
/ circumflex

Left
curly bracket

Right
curly bracket

Backslash

Left
square bracket

Tilde

Right
square bracket

Vertical
bar

Euro
sign

The
codes of the 10 characters above begin with 0x1B (i.e. the escape
character), which indicates they are escaped sequences.
For example,
the code of the Euro sign is 0x1B65.

If
the receiving entity (for example, a mobile phone) does not
understand the escape mechanism, the escape character should be
shown
as the space character on the display device.

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Character GSM
7-bit default GSM
7-bit default ISO
8859 Latin 1 ISO
8859 Latin 1
alphabet alphabet
(Decimal) (Hexadecimal)
(Decimal) (Hexadecimal)

@ At sign 0 00 64 40

£ Pound
sign 1 01 163 A3

$ Dollar
sign 2 02 36 24

¥ Yuan/Yen
sign 3 03 165 A5

è Small
letter e with 4 04 232 E8
grave accent

é Small
letter e with 5 05 233 E9
acute accent

ù Small
letter u with 6 06 249 F9
grave accent

ì Small
letter i with 7 07 236 EC
grave accent

ò Small
letter o with 8 08 242 F2
grave accent

Ç Capital
letter C with 9 09 199 C7
cedilla

Linefeed 10 0A 10 0A

Ø Capital
letter O with 11 0B 216 D8
stroke

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Character GSM
7-bit default GSM
7-bit default ISO
8859 Latin 1 ISO
8859 Latin 1
alphabet alphabet
(Decimal) (Hexadecimal)
(Decimal) (Hexadecimal)

ø Small
letter o with 12 0C 248 F8
stroke

Carriage
return 13 0D 13 0D

Å Capital
letter A with 14 0E 197 C5
ring

å Small
letter a with 15 0F 229 E5
ring

Δ Capital
letter Greek 16 10
delta

_ Underscore 17 11 95 5F

Φ Capital
letter Greek 18 12
phi

Γ Capital
letter Greek 19 13
gamma

Λ Capital
letter Greek 20 14
lambda

Ω Capital
letter Greek 21 15
omega

Π Capital
letter Greek 22 16
pi

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Character GSM
7-bit default GSM
7-bit default ISO
8859 Latin 1 ISO
8859 Latin 1
alphabet alphabet
(Decimal) (Hexadecimal)
(Decimal) (Hexadecimal)

Ψ Capital
letter Greek 23 17
psi

Σ Capital
letter Greek 24 18
sigma

Θ Capital
letter Greek 25 19
theta

Ξ Capital
letter Greek 26 1A
xi

Escape 27 1B

Form
feed 27 10 1B0A 12 0C

^ Caret /
Circumflex 27 20 1B14 94 5E

{ Left
curly bracket 27 40 1B28 123 7B

} Right
curly bracket 27 41 1B29 125 7D

\ Backslash 27 47 1B2F 92 5C

[ Left
square bracket 27 60 1B3C 91 5B

~ Tilde 27 61 1B3D 126 7E

] Right
square 27 62 1B3E 93 5D
bracket

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Character GSM
7-bit default GSM
7-bit default ISO
8859 Latin 1 ISO
8859 Latin 1
alphabet alphabet
(Decimal) (Hexadecimal)
(Decimal) (Hexadecimal)

| Vertical
bar 27 64 1B40 124 7C

€ Euro
sign 27 101 1B65

Æ Capital
letter AE 28 1C 198 C6

æ Small
letter ae 29 1D 230 E6

ß Small
letter German 30 1E 223 DF
Eszett

É Capital
letter E with 31 1F 201 C9
acute accent

Space 32 20 32 20

! Exclamation
mark 33 21 33 21

" Quotation
mark 34 22 34 22

# Number
sign 35 23 35 23

¤ Currency
sign 36 24 164 A4

% Percent
sign 37 25 37 25

& Ampersand 38 26 38 26

' Apostrophe 39 27 39 27

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Character GSM
7-bit default GSM
7-bit default ISO
8859 Latin 1 ISO
8859 Latin 1
alphabet alphabet
(Decimal) (Hexadecimal)
(Decimal) (Hexadecimal)

( Left
parenthesis 40 28 40 28

) Right
parenthesis 41 29 41 29

* Asterisk 42 2A 42 2A

+ Plus
sign 43 2B 43 2B

, Comma 44 2C 44 2C

- Minus
sign / 45 2D 45 2D
Hyphen

. Full
stop / Period 46 2E 46 2E

/ Slash 47 2F 47 2F

0 Digit
zero 48 30 48 30

1 Digit
one 49 31 49 31

2 Digit
two 50 32 50 32

3 Digit
three 51 33 51 33

4 Digit
four 52 34 52 34

5 Digit
five 53 35 53 35

6 Digit
six 54 36 54 36

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Character GSM
7-bit default GSM
7-bit default ISO
8859 Latin 1 ISO
8859 Latin 1
alphabet alphabet
(Decimal) (Hexadecimal)
(Decimal) (Hexadecimal)

7 Digit
seven 55 37 55 37

8 Digit
eight 56 38 56 38

9 Digit
nine 57 39 57 39

: Colon 58 3A 58 3A

; Semicolon 59 3B 59 3B

< Less-than
sign 60 3C 60 3C

= Equals
sign 61 3D 61 3D

> Greater-than
sign 62 3E 62 3E

? Question
mark 63 3F 63 3F

¡ Inverted 64 40 161 A1
exclamation mark

A Capital
letter A 65 41 65 41

B Capital
letter B 66 42 66 42

C Capital
letter C 67 43 67 43

D Capital
letter D 68 44 68 44

E Capital
letter E 69 45 69 45

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Character GSM
7-bit default GSM
7-bit default ISO
8859 Latin 1 ISO
8859 Latin 1
alphabet alphabet
(Decimal) (Hexadecimal)
(Decimal) (Hexadecimal)

F Capital
letter F 70 46 70 46

G Capital
letter G 71 47 71 47

H Capital
letter H 72 48 72 48

I Capital
letter I 73 49 73 49

J Capital
letter J 74 4A 74 4A

K Capital
letter K 75 4B 75 4B

L Capital
letter L 76 4C 76 4C

M Capital
letter M 77 4D 77 4D

N Capital
letter N 78 4E 78 4E

O Capital
letter O 79 4F 79 4F

P Capital
letter P 80 50 80 50

Q Capital
letter Q 81 51 81 51

R Capital
letter R 82 52 82 52

S Capital
letter S 83 53 83 53

T Capital
letter T 84 54 84 54

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Character GSM
7-bit default GSM
7-bit default ISO
8859 Latin 1 ISO
8859 Latin 1
alphabet alphabet
(Decimal) (Hexadecimal)
(Decimal) (Hexadecimal)

U Capital
letter U 85 55 85 55

V Capital
letter V 86 56 86 56

W Capital
letter W 87 57 87 57

X Capital
letter X 88 58 88 58

Y Capital
letter Y 89 59 89 59

Z Capital
letter Z 90 5A 90 5A

Ä Capital
letter A with 91 5B 196 C4
diaeresis

Ö Capital
letter O with 92 5C 214 D6
diaeresis

Ñ Capital
letter N with 93 5D 209 D1
tilde

Ü Capital
letter U with 94 5E 220 DC
diaeresis

§ Section
sign 95 5F 167 A7

¿ Inverted
question 96 60 191 BF
mark

a Small
letter a 97 61 97 61

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Character GSM
7-bit default GSM
7-bit default ISO
8859 Latin 1 ISO
8859 Latin 1
alphabet alphabet
(Decimal) (Hexadecimal)
(Decimal) (Hexadecimal)

b Small
letter b 98 62 98 62

c Small
letter c 99 63 99 63

d Small
letter d 100 64 100 64

e Small
letter e 101 65 101 65

f Small
letter f 102 66 102 66

g Small
letter g 103 67 103 67

h Small
letter h 104 68 104 68

i Small
letter i 105 69 105 69

j Small
letter j 106 6A 106 6A

k Small
letter k 107 6B 107 6B

l Small
letter l 108 6C 108 6C

m Small
letter m 109 6D 109 6D

n Small
letter n 110 6E 110 6E

o Small
letter o 111 6F 111 6F

p Small
letter p 112 70 112 70

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Character GSM
7-bit default GSM
7-bit default ISO
8859 Latin 1 ISO
8859 Latin 1
alphabet alphabet
(Decimal) (Hexadecimal)
(Decimal) (Hexadecimal)

q Small
letter q 113 71 113 71

r Small
letter r 114 72 114 72

s Small
letter s 115 73 115 73

t Small
letter t 116 74 116 74

u Small
letter u 117 75 117 75

v Small
letter v 118 76 118 76

w Small
letter w 119 77 119 77

x Small
letter x 120 78 120 78

y Small
letter y 121 79 121 79

z Small
letter z 122 7A 122 7A

ä Small
letter a with 123 7B 228 E4
diaeresis

ö Small
letter o with 124 7C 246 F6
diaeresis

ñ Small
letter n with 125 7D 241 F1
tilde

ü Small
letter u with 126 7E 252 FC
diaeresis

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Character GSM
7-bit default GSM
7-bit default ISO
8859 Latin 1 ISO
8859 Latin 1
alphabet alphabet
(Decimal) (Hexadecimal)
(Decimal) (Hexadecimal)

à Small
letter a with 127 7F 224 E0
grave accent

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Contents at a Glance (Click Here for Full Table of Contents)

1. Introduction to SMS Messaging

2. What Makes SMS Messaging So Successful Worldwide?
3. Example Applications of SMS Messaging
4. What is an SMS Center / SMSC?
5. Basic Concepts of SMS Technology
6. Intra-operator SMS Messages
7. Inter-operator SMS Messages
8. International SMS Messages
9. What is an SMS Gateway?
10. How to Send SMS Messages from a Computer / PC?
11. How to Receive SMS Messages Using a Computer / PC?
12. Introduction to GSM / GPRS Wireless Modems
13. How to Use Microsoft HyperTerminal to Send AT Commands to a Mobile Phone or GSM/GPRS Modem?
14. Introduction to AT Commands
15. General Syntax of Extended AT Commands
16. Result Codes of AT Commands
17. AT Command Operations: Test, Set, Read and Execution
18. Testing the Communication between the PC and GSM/GPRS Modem or Mobile Phone
19. Checking if the GSM/GPRS Modem or Mobile Phone Supports the Use of AT Commands to Send, Receive and Read SMS
Messages
20. Operating Mode: SMS Text Mode and SMS PDU Mode
21. Setting or Reading the Service Center Address / SMSC Address (AT+CSCA)
22. Preferred Message Storage (AT+CPMS)
23. Writing SMS Messages to Memory / Message Storage (AT+CMGW)
24. Deleting SMS Messages from Message Storage (AT+CMGD)
25. Sending SMS Messages from a Computer / PC Using AT Commands (AT+CMGS, AT+CMSS)
26. Reading SMS Messages from a Message Storage Area Using AT Commands (AT+CMGR, AT+CMGL)
27. Appendix A: How to Choose an SMS Service Provider (SMS Gateway Provider, SMS Reseller, SMS Broker)?

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28. Appendix B: Comparison Table of SMS Service Providers (SMS Gateway Providers, SMS Resellers, SMS Brokers)
29. Appendix C: Free Software/Tools and Libraries for Sending and Receiving SMS Messages with a Computer / PC
30. Appendix D: GSM 7-bit Default Alphabet Table (with Character Codes of ISO 8859 Latin 1)

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