SMS – What Was the First Text Message ?

Today singing happy birthday SMS ‘s, which celebrates 20 years. The first message was sent by a young engineer britanicde on a computer, the mobile phone of a friend. It was simple: he wished an early Christmas. Today, only the UK, young people aged between 12 and 15 send an average of 193 text messages a week.

The first message sent was: “Merry Christmas”. It was given by engineer Neil Papworth, from his personal computer, to Richard Jarvis of Vodafone . The texts began then to be sent to end business or to ask someone to marry. The trend boomed in 1998, with the introduction of ‘pay as you go’ by 4 major companies.

4 billion people around the globe Use the Small Message Service. SMS has created a true global euphoria when was “born” in December 1992.

Ofcom reported decreased volume classic messages sent from your phone. In Britain, for example, SMS number reached a peak of 39.7 billion last year, but now has fallen.SMS has serious competition now that we have Twitter or Facebook.

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Posted by Paracha on December 3, 2012. Filed under Articles, Gadgets, Technology. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. Both comments and pings are currently closed.