WHAT IS MESSAGING?

What is MessagingYou can use your mobile phone to send and receive messages.

These can be:

  • SMS (Short Message Service)
  • MMS (MultiMedia Message Service)
  • Premium SMS (Premium Short Message Service).

An SMS allows you to send and receive text messages from your mobile phone.

An MMS allows you to send and receive pictures and videos from your mobile phone.

A Premium SMS message allows you to pay for things using your mobile phone, with the charge appearing on your mobile phone bill.

Premium SMS services are mobile content or information services that can be accessed by Text or via the Mobile Internet. They include chat services, voting on TV shows, entering competitions, receiving information updates, and buying content, like ringtones, wallpapers or music videos.

Premium services often start with their own 19 prefix. Many premium SMS services use 6 or 8 digit shortcodes as the number to send the SMS message to.

Premium SMS is not available on all mobile plans. You can ask your mobile carrier if you can access Premium SMS services on your plan.