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Main Operators

Operator

MCC

MNC

Market Share

KDDI

440

50, 51, 54, 78

39%

DOCOMO

440

10

37%

Softbank

440

20

19%

Rakuten

440

11

4%

Supported Features

Operator

Numeric

Alpha Numeric

Short Code

Softbank

Yes

Yes

Yes

KDDI

Yes

Yes

Yes

DOCOMO

Yes

Yes

Yes

Rakuten

Yes

Yes

Yes

Additional Information

Character limits:

  • Softbank: 250 characters (GSM) or 125 characters (UCS-2/UTF-16), up to 10 segments.

  • NTT Docomo: 153 characters (GSM) or 67 characters (UCS-2/UTF-16), up to 10 segments.

  • KDDI: 153 characters (GSM) or 67 characters (UCS-2/UTF-16), up to 10 segments.

  • Rakuten: 152 characters (GSM) or 66 characters (UCS-2/UTF-16), up to 10 segments.