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.
| *reply the text | SMS | Text 1022 | To activate the service |
| **reply the text | SMS | Text 1022 | To modify the text |
| *#reply | SMS | Text 1022 | Service status |
| #reply | SMS | Text 1022 | To unsubscribe |
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.
| *FWD the number | SMS | Text 1022 | To activate the service |
| *#FWD | SMS | Text 1022 | Service status |
| #FWD | SMS | Text 1022 | To unsubscribe |
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.
| *Block the number | SMS | Text 1022 | To activate the service |
| *Block <number1> <number2> <number3> <number4> <number5> <number6> | SMS | Text 1022 | To activate the service for 6 numbers |
| *#Block | SMS | Text 1022 | Service Status |
| *#Block number | SMS | Text 1022 | To inquire about specific number |
| #Block number | SMS | Text 1022 | To unblock a number To unsubscribe |
| #Block | SMS | Text 1022 | To unsubscribe |
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.
| *Signature text | SMS | Text 1022 | To activate the service |
| *Signature | SMS | Text 1022 | To activate the service for all numbers |
| *Signature <number1> <number2> <number3> <number4> <number5> <number6> | SMS | Text 1022 | To activate the service for specific numbers |
| *#Signature | SMS | Text 1022 | Service status |
| #Signature | SMS | Text 1022 | To unsubscribe |
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.
| *FWD <SMTP> <Email address> | SMS | Text 1022 | To divert the messages to an email |
| *#FWD | SMS | Text 1022 | Service Status |
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.
| *Pending | SMS | Text 1022 | To cancel all pending messages |
| *Pending <number> | SMS | Text 1022 | To cancel pending messages to specific number |
This service is free of charge