SMS is a fast, fun and cost effective way to confirm a meeting, organise your social life or just say hello. SMS allows you to send and receive text messages of up to 160 Western characters or 70 Arabic characters. The number of characters per Arabic SMS may differ from one mobile handset to another. For language selection, please refer to your mobile handset user guide.

Sending messages
Select the message option on your mobile handset, key in your message and follow the on-screen instructions to enter the recipient’s number and send. Most new mobile handsets also support the sending of multiple SMS messages, as well as enhanced messages with black and white pictures. We recommend that you consult your mobile handset user guide to confirm that you will be able to do this.

Receiving messages
You will automatically be notified of incoming messages. The form of such notification will depend on your mobile handset settings and will vary from handset to handset.

Sending / Receiving messages abroad
When you are abroad, and you are capable of making calls, you should also be able to send and receive SMS messages. For the latest update on where you can send and receive messages abroad, please click here.

SMS Service Centre
SMS messages are sent via the Nawras SMS service centre. The service centre number is pre-activated on your SIM-card. In the unlikely case of difficulty in sending or receiving SMS messages, please check that the SMS service centre number +96895001016 is set in your mobile handset.

Roaming in Oman
You can send and receive SMS in all areas where Nawras has coverage extension through the Oman Mobile network.
Visitors in the Nawras network will be able to use SMS.

Service Specific Information:

1. You can exchange (send and receive) SMS with other Nawras customers as well as with Oman Mobile customers.
   

2. You can exchange SMS with customers of all mobile operators, with whom we offer roaming services.
   

3. In case an SMS can not be delivered to the destination number, you will be informed instantly that the transfer failed, and you will not be billed for the attempt to send.
   

4. When using different languages, you must be aware that one SMS is limited to 160 Latin characters, whereas in Arabic one message can only support 72 characters.
   

5. Should you send messages with more than the allowed number of characters, you will be charged for more than one message depending on the number of characters sent. For example: If you send an SMS with 200 Latin characters you will be charged for 2 SMS messages. And if you send an SMS with 150 Arabic characters you will be charged for 3 SMS messages.
   

6. Please note that some mobile handsets do not support multiple messages linked in one SMS.
   

7. Some mobile handsets need to be set to accept multiple messages linked to one SMS.
   

8. Should you require to set up the SMS Centre manually, the number to enter into your handset is +96895001016.

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