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 ## SMS Notifications
 
+SMS Notifications for the most part do not have a both a `title` and `body`.  They consist of a single `body` which is usually no more then 160 characters in length.  When using Apprise, the `title` and `body` are therefore combined into a single message prior to their transmission.
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 | Notification Service | Service ID | Default Port | Example Syntax |
 | -------------------- | ---------- | ------------ | -------------- |
 | [Africas Talking](https://github.com/caronc/apprise/wiki/Notify_africas_talking) | atalk://  | (TCP) 443   | atalk://AppUser@ApiKey/ToPhoneNo<br/>atalk://AppUser@ApiKey/ToPhoneNo1/ToPhoneNo2/ToPhoneNoN/