Short code: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 21:28, 10 February 2006

Revision as of 10:20, 12 February 2006

Line 1:

{{sprotected}}

'''Common Short Codes''' are special telephone numbers, significantly shorter than full telephone numbers, which can be used to address [[Short Message Service|SMS]] and [[Multimedia Messaging System|MMS]] messages from [[mobile telephone]]s. They are designed to be shorter to read out and easier to remember than a normal length [[telephone number]]. While similar to telephone numbers, they are, at the technological level, unique to each network - however providers generally have agreements to ensure they are allocated identically.