55. How credits are deducted per message?

For SMS within 160 English characters, 1 SMS credit is deducted. Messages sent in non-English languages have a different length i.e. for Unicode messages, it’s 70 characters per credit. Messages with character length of more than 160 characters are considered as long messages and credit deducted would 1 SMS credit = 153 characters.

Important Announcement!

URGENT! Please register the 10-digit business phone number (e.g. 555-555-5555) that your organization uses to send texts to consumers in the U.S. Failure to register may cause heavy penalties and disruption to all your text messaging communications.