Short Messaging Service (SMS) is the fastest, most fun, and most affordable way to communicate and reorganize your social life. SabaFon has extended considerable effort to develop this service and offer a line of SMS services which can enrich the experience of SabaFon subscribers.
· Auto-reply SMS:
This service enables subscribers to customize a default message to be sent as an auto-reply message to any message received from a specific mobile number even in case the phone is switched off or out of the coverage area.
| To activate the service | Text 6688 | SMS | *reply the text |
| To modify the text | Text 6688 | SMS | **reply the text |
| Service status | Text 6688 | SMS | *#reply |
| To unsubscribe | Text 6688 | SMS | #reply |
The service costs 3 YER per message, and the cost of using service commands is free of charge.
· Message Forwarding:
This service enables subscribers to forward their short messages to any mobile number. The service is useful when the mobile phone is switched off or out of the coverage area.
| To activate the service | Text 6688 | SMS | *FWD the number |
| Service status | Text 6688 | SMS | *#FWD |
| To unsubscribe | Text 6688 | SMS | #FWD |
The service costs 5 YER to a SabaFon line, 12.5 YER to a YemenMobile line, 15 YER to an international line, and 9 YER to any other local networks.
· SMS Blocking Service
This service enables subscribers to block short messages from any number within SabaFon network.
| To activate the service | Text 6688 | SMS | *Block the number |
| To activate the service for 6 numbers | Text 6688 | SMS | *Block <number1> <number2> <number3> <number4> <number5> <number6> |
| Service Status | Text 6688 | SMS | *#Block |
| To inquire about specific number | Text 6688 | SMS | *#Block number |
| To unblock a number | Text 6688 | SMS | #Block number |
| To unsubscribe | Text 6688 | SMS | #Block |
The service costs 150 YER to activate the service and 50 YER to inquire about the service status.
· SMS Signature Service
This service enables subscribers to have a textual signature that appears in English or in Arabic at the end of all outgoing short messages.
| To activate the service | Text 6688 | SMS | *Signature text |
| To activate the service for all numbers | Text 6688 | SMS | *Signature |
| To activate the service for specific numbers | Text 6688 | SMS | *Signature <number1> <number2> <number3> <number4> <number5> <number6> |
| Service status | Text 6688 | SMS | *#Signature |
| To unsubscribe | Text 6688 | SMS | #Signature |
This service is free of charge.
· SMS to Email Service
This service enables SabaFon subscribers to forward all their incoming messages to any email. Subscribers can divert their messages to any email address when their phone is switched off or out of the coverage.
| To divert the messages to an email | Text 6688 | SMS | *FWD <SMTP> <Email address> |
| Service Status | Text 6688 | SMS | *#FWD |
| To unsubscribe | Text 6688 | SMS | #FWD |
This service is free of charge
· Pending Messages Service
This service enables SabaFon subscribers to cancel the messages that have not been delivered to the receiver..
| To cancel all pending messages | Text 6688 | SMS | *Pending |
| To cancel pending messages to specific number | Text 6688 | SMS | *Pending <number> |
This service is free of charge