The following is the default 7 bit coded alphabet for GSM and SMS capable phones. 7 bits means that exactly 128 characters can be sent and in order to maximize the amount of useful characters that can be sent to mobile phones, the International Alphabet is used rather than normal Ascii values. The following are acceptable characters and are understood by all mobile phones.

Note: The Simplewire SMS Software Development Kit hides all conversions between Ascii/Unicode values and IA5 (International Alphabet) coded values. Please use the following table to make sure that characters you use within your code can be understood by most phones (limited in United States and Canada) in 7 bit mode.

Character	Unicode	IA5	Comments
@	64	0
£	163	1
$	36	2
¥	165	3
è	232	4
é	233	5
ù	249	6
ì	236	7
ò	242	8
Ç	199	9
LF	10	10	Line feed character. On GSM phones this means go to the beginning of the next line.
Ø	216	11
ø	248	12
CR	13	13
Å	197	14
å	229	15
Δ	916	16
_	95	17
Φ	934	18
Γ	915	19
Λ	923	20
Ω	937	21
Π	928	22
ψ	968	23
Σ	931	24
θ	952	25
Ξ	926	26
SP	SP	27	Space character
Æ	198	28
æ	230	29
ß	223	30
É	201	31
SP	SP	32
!	33	33
"	34	34
#	35	35
¤	164	36
%	37	37
&	38	38
'	39	39
(	40	40
)	41	41
*	42	42
+	43	43
,	44	44
-	45	45
.	46	46
/	47	47
0	48	48
1	49	49
2	50	50
3	51	51
4	52	52
5	53	53
6	54	54
7	55	55
8	56	56
9	57	57
:	58	58
;	59	59
<	60	60
=	61	61
>	62	62
?	63	63
¡	161	64
A	65	65
B	66	66
C	67	67
D	68	68
E	69	69
F	70	70
G	71	71
H	72	72
I	73	73
J	74	74
K	75	75
L	76	76
M	77	77
N	78	78
O	79	79
P	80	80
Q	81	81
R	82	82
S	83	83
T	84	84
U	85	85
V	86	86
W	87	87
X	88	88
Y	89	89
Z	90	90
Ä	196	91
Ö	214	92
Ñ	209	93
Ü	220	94
§	167	95
¿	191	96
a	97	97
b	98	98
c	99	99
d	100	100
e	101	101
f	102	102
g	103	103
h	104	104
i	105	105
j	106	106
k	107	107
l	108	108
m	109	109
n	110	110
o	111	111
p	112	112
q	113	113
r	114	114
s	115	115
t	116	116
u	117	117
v	118	118
w	119	119
x	120	120
y	121	121
z	122	122
ä	228	123
ö	246	124
ñ	241	125
ü	252	126
à	224	127

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