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How many characters are allowed in a Message Template?

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  • A single SMS can hold 160 characters (in GSM encoding).
  • Unicode messages (like Hindi/Marathi) allow 70 characters per SMS.
  • Templates can have up to 5000 characters in the system, but operators split them into multiple SMS segments.

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Updated on 25/08/2025

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