Appendix: GSM 7-bit Default Alphabet Table (with Character Codes of ISO 8859 Latin 1)

The following table lists all characters and their decimal and hexadecimal codes as defined in the "GSM 7-bit default alphabet" text coding scheme. The corresponding character codes defined in ISO 8859 Latin 1 are also provided in the table for ease of reference. The GSM 7-bit default alphabet consists of 128 characters totally and each character is represented by 7 bits. 10 extra characters are defined in the GSM 7-bit default alphabet extension table and they have to be represented through an escape mechanism using the escape character (0x1B). The 10 extra characters are:

Form feed
Caret / circumflex
Left curly bracket
Right curly bracket
Backslash
Left square bracket
Tilde
Right square bracket
Vertical bar
Euro sign

The codes of the 10 characters above begin with 0x1B (i.e. the escape character), which indicates they are escaped sequences. For example, the code of the Euro sign is 0x1B65.

If the receiving entity (for example, a mobile phone) does not understand the escape mechanism, the escape character should be shown as the space character on the display device.

Character		GSM 7-bit default alphabet (Decimal)	GSM 7-bit default alphabet (Hexadecimal)	ISO 8859 Latin 1 (Decimal)	ISO 8859 Latin 1 (Hexadecimal)
@	At sign	0	00	64	40
£	Pound sign	1	01	163	A3
$	Dollar sign	2	02	36	24
¥	Yuan/Yen sign	3	03	165	A5
è	Small letter e with grave accent	4	04	232	E8
é	Small letter e with acute accent	5	05	233	E9
ù	Small letter u with grave accent	6	06	249	F9
ì	Small letter i with grave accent	7	07	236	EC
ò	Small letter o with grave accent	8	08	242	F2
Ç	Capital letter C with cedilla	9	09	199	C7
	Linefeed	10	0A	10	0A
Ø	Capital letter O with stroke	11	0B	216	D8
ø	Small letter o with stroke	12	0C	248	F8
	Carriage return	13	0D	13	0D
Å	Capital letter A with ring	14	0E	197	C5
å	Small letter a with ring	15	0F	229	E5
Δ	Capital letter Greek delta	16	10
_	Underscore	17	11	95	5F
Φ	Capital letter Greek phi	18	12
Γ	Capital letter Greek gamma	19	13
Λ	Capital letter Greek lambda	20	14
Ω	Capital letter Greek omega	21	15
Π	Capital letter Greek pi	22	16
Ψ	Capital letter Greek psi	23	17
Σ	Capital letter Greek sigma	24	18
Θ	Capital letter Greek theta	25	19
Ξ	Capital letter Greek xi	26	1A
	Escape	27	1B
	Form feed	27 10	1B0A	12	0C
^	Caret / Circumflex	27 20	1B14	94	5E
{	Left curly bracket	27 40	1B28	123	7B
}	Right curly bracket	27 41	1B29	125	7D
\	Backslash	27 47	1B2F	92	5C
[	Left square bracket	27 60	1B3C	91	5B
~	Tilde	27 61	1B3D	126	7E
]	Right square bracket	27 62	1B3E	93	5D
\|	Vertical bar	27 64	1B40	124	7C
€	Euro sign	27 101	1B65
Æ	Capital letter AE	28	1C	198	C6
æ	Small letter ae	29	1D	230	E6
ß	Small letter German Eszett	30	1E	223	DF
É	Capital letter E with acute accent	31	1F	201	C9
	Space	32	20	32	20
!	Exclamation mark	33	21	33	21
"	Quotation mark	34	22	34	22
#	Number sign	35	23	35	23
¤	Currency sign	36	24	164	A4
%	Percent sign	37	25	37	25
&	Ampersand	38	26	38	26
'	Apostrophe	39	27	39	27
(	Left parenthesis	40	28	40	28
)	Right parenthesis	41	29	41	29
*	Asterisk	42	2A	42	2A
+	Plus sign	43	2B	43	2B
,	Comma	44	2C	44	2C
-	Minus sign / Hyphen	45	2D	45	2D
.	Full stop / Period	46	2E	46	2E
/	Slash	47	2F	47	2F
0	Digit zero	48	30	48	30
1	Digit one	49	31	49	31
2	Digit two	50	32	50	32
3	Digit three	51	33	51	33
4	Digit four	52	34	52	34
5	Digit five	53	35	53	35
6	Digit six	54	36	54	36
7	Digit seven	55	37	55	37
8	Digit eight	56	38	56	38
9	Digit nine	57	39	57	39
:	Colon	58	3A	58	3A
;	Semicolon	59	3B	59	3B
<	Less-than sign	60	3C	60	3C
=	Equals sign	61	3D	61	3D
>	Greater-than sign	62	3E	62	3E
?	Question mark	63	3F	63	3F
¡	Inverted exclamation mark	64	40	161	A1
A	Capital letter A	65	41	65	41
B	Capital letter B	66	42	66	42
C	Capital letter C	67	43	67	43
D	Capital letter D	68	44	68	44
E	Capital letter E	69	45	69	45
F	Capital letter F	70	46	70	46
G	Capital letter G	71	47	71	47
H	Capital letter H	72	48	72	48
I	Capital letter I	73	49	73	49
J	Capital letter J	74	4A	74	4A
K	Capital letter K	75	4B	75	4B
L	Capital letter L	76	4C	76	4C
M	Capital letter M	77	4D	77	4D
N	Capital letter N	78	4E	78	4E
O	Capital letter O	79	4F	79	4F
P	Capital letter P	80	50	80	50
Q	Capital letter Q	81	51	81	51
R	Capital letter R	82	52	82	52
S	Capital letter S	83	53	83	53
T	Capital letter T	84	54	84	54
U	Capital letter U	85	55	85	55
V	Capital letter V	86	56	86	56
W	Capital letter W	87	57	87	57
X	Capital letter X	88	58	88	58
Y	Capital letter Y	89	59	89	59
Z	Capital letter Z	90	5A	90	5A
Ä	Capital letter A with diaeresis	91	5B	196	C4
Ö	Capital letter O with diaeresis	92	5C	214	D6
Ñ	Capital letter N with tilde	93	5D	209	D1
Ü	Capital letter U with diaeresis	94	5E	220	DC
§	Section sign	95	5F	167	A7
¿	Inverted question mark	96	60	191	BF
a	Small letter a	97	61	97	61
b	Small letter b	98	62	98	62
c	Small letter c	99	63	99	63
d	Small letter d	100	64	100	64
e	Small letter e	101	65	101	65
f	Small letter f	102	66	102	66
g	Small letter g	103	67	103	67
h	Small letter h	104	68	104	68
i	Small letter i	105	69	105	69
j	Small letter j	106	6A	106	6A
k	Small letter k	107	6B	107	6B
l	Small letter l	108	6C	108	6C
m	Small letter m	109	6D	109	6D
n	Small letter n	110	6E	110	6E
o	Small letter o	111	6F	111	6F
p	Small letter p	112	70	112	70
q	Small letter q	113	71	113	71
r	Small letter r	114	72	114	72
s	Small letter s	115	73	115	73
t	Small letter t	116	74	116	74
u	Small letter u	117	75	117	75
v	Small letter v	118	76	118	76
w	Small letter w	119	77	119	77
x	Small letter x	120	78	120	78
y	Small letter y	121	79	121	79
z	Small letter z	122	7A	122	7A
ä	Small letter a with diaeresis	123	7B	228	E4
ö	Small letter o with diaeresis	124	7C	246	F6
ñ	Small letter n with tilde	125	7D	241	F1
ü	Small letter u with diaeresis	126	7E	252	FC
à	Small letter a with grave accent	127	7F	224	E0

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