# SMPP Encoding

## Default SMSC encoding

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Data Coding
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0x00
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Default GSM 7 bit encoding
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0x01
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US-ASCII
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0x02
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Binary
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0x03
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ISO8859-1 (Latin-1), only characters within GSM-7 character table can be parsed to handset
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0x04
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Binary
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0x08
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UCS2/UTF-16BE
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0xF0
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Same as DCS value. See SMPP v3.4 Issue1.2 specification
## GSM 7 bit default alphabet and extension table

**3GPP TS 23.038 / GSM 03.38**

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | x0 | x1 | x2 | x3 | x4 | x5 | x6 | x7 | x8 | x9 | xA | xB | xC | xD | xE | xF |
| 0x | @ | £ | $ | ¥ | è | é | ù | ì | ò | Ç | LF | Ø | ø | CR | Å | å |
| 1x | Δ | _ | Φ | Γ | Λ | Ω | Π | Ψ | Σ | Θ | Ξ | ESC | Æ | æ | ß | É |
| 2x | SP | ! | " | # | ¤ | % | & | ' | ( | ) | * | + | , | - | . | / |
| 3x | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | : | ; | < | = | > | ? |
| 4x | ¡ | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O |
| 5x | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | Ä | Ö | Ñ | Ü | § |
| 6x | ¿ | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | o |
| 7x | p | q | r | s | t | u | v | w | x | y | z | ä | ö | ñ | ü | à |
| 1B 0x |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | FF |  |  |  |  |  |
| 1B 1x |  |  |  |  | ^ |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 1B 2x |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | { | } |  |  |  |  |  | \ |
| 1B 3x |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | [ | ~ | ] |  |
| 1B 4x | | |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 1B 5x |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 1B 6x |  |  |  |  |  | € |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 1B 7x |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |


## ISO/IEC 8859–1 table, Latin-1

**ISO/IEC8859-1**

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | x0 | x1 | x2 | x3 | x4 | x5 | x6 | x7 | x8 | x9 | xA | xB | xC | xD | xE | xF |
| 0x |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 1x |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 2x | SP | ! | ” | # | $ | % | & | ‘ | ( | ) | * | + | , | - | . | / |
| 3x | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | : | ; | < | = | > | ? |
| 4x | @ | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O |
| 5x | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | [ | \ | ] | ^ | _ |
| 6x | ` | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | o |
| 7x | p | q | r | s | t | u | v | w | x | y | z | { | { | } | ~ |  |
| 8x |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| 9x |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
| Ax | NBSP | ¡ | ¢ | £ | ¤ | ¥ | ¦ | § | ¨ | © | ª | « | ¬ | SHY | ® | ¯ |
| Bx | ° | ± | ² | ³ | ´ | µ | ¶ | · | ¸ | ¹ | º | » | ¼ | ½ | ¾ | ¿ |
| Cx | À | Á | Â | Ã | Ä | Å | Æ | Ç | È | É | Ê | Ë | Ì | Í | Î | Ï |
| Dx | Ð | Ñ | Ò | Ó | Ô | Õ | Ö | × | Ø | Ù | Ú | Û | Ü | Ý | Þ | ß |
| Ex | à | á | â | ã | ä | å | æ | ç | è | é | ê | ë | ì | í | î | ï |
| Fx | ð | ñ | ò | ó | ô | õ | ö | ÷ | ø | ù | ú | û | ü | ý | þ | ÿ |


## US-ASCII

|  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
|  --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  | x0 | x1 | x2 | x3 | x4 | x5 | x6 | x7 | x8 | x9 | xA | xB | xC | xD | xE | xF |
| 0x |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | LF |  | FF | CR |  |  |
| 1x |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ESC |  |  |  |  |
| 2x | SP | ! | “ | # | $ | % | & | ‘ | ( | ) | * | + | , |  | . | / |
| 3x | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | : | ; | < | = | > | ? |
| 4x | @ | A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O |
| 5x | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | [ | \ | ] | ^ | _ |
| 6x | ` | a | b | c | d | e | f | g | h | i | j | k | l | m | n | o |
| 7x | p | q | r | s | t | u | v | w | x | y | z | { | | | } | ~ |  |


## Additional resources

- [SMPP Connectivity](/docs/sms/smpp/connectivity)
- Prefer a REST API? [Get started with the REST SMS API](/docs/sms/getting-started).