Operation Manual

BT Calypso 225 – Edition 03 – 20.10.05 – 6875
Welcome to the BT Text Service on your BT Calypso. The
SMS Service is provided by BT.
Your BT Calypso can send and receive messages to any
mobile phone from participating mobile networks and
compatible landline telephones in the UK.
The fixed line SMS service is provided under BT’s terms
and conditions for telephone service. These can be found
by visiting the BT.com website at:
http://www.bt.com/terms/tor.htm
To subscribe to the SMS text messaging service
When you send your first SMS text message from your
BT Calypso you will automatically be registered for the
service.
On receipt of your first SMS through the service, the
system will send you a welcome SMS message back.
Please note that if you set up different user areas you
will need to send a message from each user area to
register them.
You may also register by sending the word Register to
00000 (5 zero’s) upon which you will receive a confirmation
message.
SMS text messaging
IMPORTANT
You must subscribe to your
Network Provider’s Caller Display
Service in order to use SMS text
messaging.
A quarterly fee may be payable.
You must not have your telephone
number withheld for this service to
work.
You may also send messages to
landline phones that are NOT SMS
compatible. Messages to non-
compatible lines will be connected
to voice text and delivered in
spoken words to the telephone as
a call. Please note that the
conversion can translate common
abbreviations and smileys etc, but
to ensure maximum clarity of
message delivery, abbreviations
etc should be used sparingly.
Some other network operators or
line providers may not be
compatible with this SMS service.
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If you experience any problems, please call the Helpline on 0870 605 8047