A system and Method for confirming Short Message Service (SMS) reception in a mobile communication terminal. Specifically, the system and method informs a calling party of a message failure state in the case where a called party is not within a call connection area or the mobile communication terminal of the called party is powered off, thereby enhancing the calling party's convenience. The system and method for confirming a SMS message reception in a first mobile communication terminal adapted to transmit a SMS message to a second mobile communication terminal. The system and method perform the operations of: enabling the first mobile communication terminal to send the SMS message to a base station, and enabling the base station to send a first reception acknowledgement signal to the first mobile communication terminal, enabling the base station to send the SMS message to the second mobile communication terminal, and enabling the second mobile communication terminal to send a second reception acknowledgement signal to the base station, and receiving the second reception acknowledgement signal at the base station, and transmitting a response signal to the first mobile communication terminal indicative of whether the SMS message is received at the second mobile communication terminal.