Here at CEWiT, we have been working for the past few months on a new 7-bit encoding for Indian languages, for use in SMS. Having gone through a number of iterations in various 3GPP meetings, the CT plenary recently approved the inclusion of the new Indian language tables in TS 23.038. So, handset vendors now have another option for encoding Indian language characters (the existing one was UCS-2). With 7-bit encoding, short messages in one of India's 22 official languages can have up to 155 characters, compared to 70 allowed with UCS-2.
Today's Times of India has a fairly detailed report on this, including an interview with the CEWiT Hon. Director, Prof. Bhaskar Ramamurthi.
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