Short Code SMS

What is Premium Rate or Short Code SMS?

Short Code SMS services are premium rate services and cost more than standard text rates. The services are advertised on television, in magazines and newspapers and allow mobile users to send and receive SMS messages to and from information and content providers.

Some of the services will charge a premium over ordinary text messages when you send a message to the short code, for example a voting line. Other services will charge you to receive a text message, for example, news headlines, weather reports or horoscopes. These are known as subscription services.

What Short Codes are available?

The table below lists the Short Code SMS numbers and their charges excluding Standard Network Charge that are available from your Manx Telecom mobile.

Short Code	Sending Charge	Receiving Charge	Content Provider
118118	Standard Network	£1.50	Various
118275	Standard Network	£0.35	Various
118888	Standard Network	£1.50	Various
177177	Standard Network + £0.50	£0.00	Manx Telecom
50194	£0.00	£0.25	Telesolutions
60777	Standard Network	£2.50	Text You
61144	Standard Network	£0.25	Mirada Plc
61759	Standard Network	£0.25	Flytxt
62000	Standard Network + £0.10	£1.50	BBC
62222	Standard Network	£0.00	BBC
62223	Standard Network + £0.10	£1.50	Various
62277	Standard Network	£0.00	BBC
62946	Standard Network	£0.10	Various
62948	Standard Network	£0.25	Various
63399	Standard Network + £0.15	£1.00	BBC
64046	Standard Network	£0.15	BBC
64477	Standard Network + £0.15	£0.10	Various
64722	Standard Network	£0.00	Various
65006	Standard Network	£1.50	Incentivated
65125	Standard Network	£1.50	Various
66008	£0.00	£0.00	The Real Adventure
66330	Standard Network	£0.25	BSkyB
66435	Standard Network	£1.00	BBC
66550	Standard Network	£3.00	Various
66655	Standard Network	£3.00	Various
66665	Standard Network + £0.10	£0.00	Various
66670	Standard Network	£3.00	Various
68680	Standard Network	£0.25	Various
69080	Standard Network	£1.50	Various
69155	Standard Network	£1.50	BBC
69700	Standard Network	£1.50	Bluestream
69898	Standard Network	£1.50	Bluestream
78444	Standard Network	£1.50	Various
78999	Standard Network	£0.00	We Love Mobile
80003	Standard Network	£0.00	BSkyB
80012	Standard Network	£0.50	Text it
80020	Standard Network + £4.90	£0.00	4D Interactive
80144	Standard Network	£3.00	Various
80151	Standard Network + £0.10	£3.00	Various
80252	Standard Network	£0.25	Various
80295	Standard Network	£0.15	BBC
80299	Standard Network	£1.50	RingRing
80990	Standard Network	£4.50	Command M
81111	Standard Network	£0.10	BBC
81199	Standard Network	£0.15	BBC
81222	Standard Network	£0.00	Various
81771	Standard Network	£0.15	BBC
81869	Standard Network	£0.15	BBC
82002	Standard Network	£0.10	BBC
82055	Standard Network	£1.50	Various
82100	Standard Network	£0.25	Sponge Ltd
82212	Standard Network	£4.50	Command M
82222	Standard Network	£0.25	Various
82237	Standard Network	£0.00	BBC
82344	Standard Network	£2.50	Various
82772	Standard Network	£3.00	Various
82838	Standard Network	£4.50	Command M
83080	Standard Network	£0.25	Various
83111	Standard Network	£0.15	BBC
83199	Standard Network	£0.10	BBC
83222	Standard Network	£0.50	Various
83340	Standard Network	£3.00	Various
83483	Standard Network	£4.50	Command M
83981	Standard Network	£0.15	BBC
84040	Standard Network	£0.25	BBC
84222	Standard Network	£1.00	Various
84747	Standard Network	£1.50	BBC
84844	Standard Network	£0.15	BBC
85040	Standard Network	£1.50	Various
85052	Standard Network + £0.10	£4.50	Command M
85058	Standard Network	£0.15	BBC
85080	Standard Network	£5.00	Various
85101	Standard Network	£3.00	Various
85199	Standard Network	£5.00	Various
85222	Standard Network	£1.50	Various
85558	Standard Network	£0.10	Trust 5
85800	Standard Network	£0.10	Sponge Ltd
85888	Standard Network	£1.50	Sponge Ltd
86222	Standard Network	£0.10	Various
87080	Standard Network	£0.50	Various
87222	Standard Network	£0.25	Various
88080	Standard Network	£1.00	Various
88111	Standard Network	£0.15	BBC
88222	Standard Network	£1.50	Various
88228	Standard Network	£0.00	We Love Mobile
88291	Standard Network	£0.15	BBC
88488	Standard Network	£0.10	Various
88600	Standard Network	£1.50	Various
88787	Standard Network	£1.50	Various
88822	Standard Network + £0.10	£0.10	BBC
88850	Standard Network	£3.00	Various
88860	Standard Network	£3.00	Various
88886	Standard Network	£0.00	BSkyB
89080	Standard Network	£1.50	Various
89944	Standard Network	£1.50	Various
89995	Standard Network	£1.50	Various

Prices shown are rounded to the nearest penny and include 20% VAT

Standard Network Charge

Standard network charge for Manx Telecom mobiles is 10p per message including 20% VAT.

For Manx Telecom Pay Monthly Mobiles the standard network charge will be decremented from any inclusive text bundle if available.

Manx Telecom is working with our service providers to open additional short code numbers. If there is a number that you would like to be able to access from your Manx Telecom mobile then please let us know.

Cancelling a Premium Rate SMS Service

If you would like to unsubscribe from a premium rate message service then please check the content of the message for information about how to cancel further messages from being sent to your mobile. If this is not available then please reply to the message and text ‘STOP’; this is an industry agreed command and the content provider should cease on receiving this instruction.

Complaints about Premium Rate SMS Services

Premium rate services including their promotion are supervised by PhonepayPlus. If you have a complaint about a premium rate service or its content then you should contact PhonepayPlus. You can find contact details here on our website.

Contact

If you would like to submit a request to access a short code SMS, please contact

Products and Tariffs (Open Monday to Friday 09:00 to 17:00)
Manx Telecom Ltd
Isle of Man Business Park
Cooil Road
Braddan
Isle of Man
IM99 1HX

or telephone 44(0)1624 624624

Alternatively you can submit a request to access a Short Code SMS number here.