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GSM

GSM 03.38

Basic Character Set

0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70
0x00 @ Δ SP 0 ¡ P ¿ p
0x01 £ _ ! 1 A Q a q
0x02 $ Φ " 2 B R b r
0x03 ¥ Γ # 3 C S c s
0x04 è Λ ¤ 4 D T d t
0x05 é Ω % 5 E U e u
0x06 ù Π & 6 F V f v
0x07 ì Ψ ' 7 G W g w
0x08 ò Σ ( 8 H X h x
0x09 Ç Θ ) 9 I Y i y
0x0A LF Ξ * : J Z j z
0x0B Ø ESC + ; K Ä k ä
0x0C ø Æ , < L Ö l ö
0x0D CR æ - = M Ñ m ñ
0x0E Å ß . > N Ü n ü
0x0F å É / ? O § o à

Note that the second part of the table is only accessible if the GSM device supports the 7-bit extension mechanism, using the ESC character prefix. Otherwise, the ESC code itself is interpreted as a space, and the following character will be treated as if there was no leading ESC code.

Extension

0x00 0x10 0x20 0x30 0x40 0x50 0x60 0x70
0x00
0x01
0x02
0x03
0x04 ^
0x05
0x06
0x07
0x08 {
0x09 }
0x0A FF
0x0B SS2
0x0C [
0x0D CR2 ~
0x0E ]
0x0F \
  • FF is a Page Break control. If not recognized, it shall be treated like LF.
  • CR2 is a control character. No language specific character shall be encoded at this position.
  • SS2 is a second Single Shift Escape control reserved for future extensions.