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The History of SMS Messaging The full history of SMS messaging remains unknown, as there is no one person that can take credit for development of the idea. In addition, those involved with the development of SMS messaging mostly thought it would be a convenient method for sending messaging to their customers carrying mobile devices. No one expected it to grow in the way that it has today. Although no one knows who to give “credit” to for the development of SMS messaging, it is known that the first commercial SMS message to be sent took place in the United Kingdom on December 3, 1992. This message was sent over the Vodafone GSM network from Neil Papworth to Richard Jarvis. Papworth sent his simple message of “Merry Christmas” to Jarvis’s Orbitel 901 handset. From here, the growth of SMS messaging started out slowly. By 1995, the average number of messages sent by users per month was a mere 0.4. This lag in popularity growth was partly due to the fact that operators were slow at getting charging systems set up, particularly for prepaid subscribers. After getting over these initial troubles, the average number of messages sent per user jumped to 35 per month by the end of 2000. Today, SMS messaging is a particularly popular form of communication in Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and Asia, with the exception of Japan. Japan doesn’t use SMS messaging to the same extent as other Asian countries because the technology has been made virtually obsolete because of mobile Internet email. This form of messaging allows email to be both received and sent from any email address, whether mobile or not. In those countries where SMS messaging is popular, it generally saves the consumer money over leaving a voice mail message. This could certainly account somewhat for the popularity of SMS messaging. The Messaging Centre offers everything you need to setup a browser-based SMS messaging facility. Take a FREE NO OBLIGATION TRIAL NOW. Also please feel free to look at more useful information about SMS. Enjoying Premium Rated SMS Messages |
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