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.