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Important: Some networks may not support the text message character
counts indicated in this user's guide. In such a network, text messages
that are over the allowed number of characters cannot be delivered but
they may be deleted as a whole. Therefore, pay attention to the character
count when you write messages to be sent in such a network. Contact
your service provider for the details of your network.
Text messaging is a network service. For details and availability, contact your
service provider.
Writing and sending text messages
1. Press Menu and select Messages and Write message.
2. Key in a message. For details, see Writing text on page 73. You can also insert a
template into the message: press Options, select Use template and then select
the desired template.
The number of characters that is left for the message is shown on the top right
corner of the display. If you key in more than 140 characters, which is the
maximum length of messages that can be sent to private numbers, the counter
starts to count characters from -1 to -20. You can send messages containing
the additional 20 characters marked with a minus sign to phone and office
extension numbers.
3. To send the message, press Options and select Send.
To send the message as a flash message (network service), press Options and
select Send options and Send as flash after you have written the message. The
receiving terminal must support the reception of flash messages. When you