Technical News Office – The first text message in history was sent on December 3, 1992. Neil Papworth, a 22-year-old engineer, sent a “Merry Christmas” message to a colleague’s phone via the Vodafone network. For this, a personal computer was used. Papworth sent the message when he worked for the now-defunct Anglo-French IT services company Sema Group Telecoms. At that time he was part of a team working on the Short Message Service Center (SMSC) for the British telecommunications company Vodafone UK.
Who sent the first message and to whom?
The first text was sent 32 years ago. Although today we can share emojis in an instant. You can share videos and photos, but in those days, texting was a big deal. It was a 22-year-old boy who sent the first message to his colleague. Recalling the story of sending the first message, Papworth said that at that time I had no idea that the service would become so popular in the years to come. At that time, I just wanted to finish my office work and send my information to my colleague as quickly as possible.
first cell phone to send text messages
A year after sending the first text message, Nokia released the first cell phone with SMS functionality, but it could only send messages of 160 characters. The United Kingdom is considered the birthplace of SMS. Its popularity grew a lot here in the beginning. In February 2001, around one billion text messages were sent each month and users were charged 10p per text message. According to the International Telecommunications Union, in 2010, 200,000 text messages were sent every minute, but by 2012, texting had seen a steady decline worldwide. The main reason for this is considered to be the instant messaging platform. In particular, apps like WhatsApp have eliminated the need to send text messages.
100 text messages per day
Today, almost all telecom companies offer the ability to send 100 SMS messages per day to their users. But there was a time when recharge plans were available for SMS as well. There was no WhatsApp at that time and this internet service was also expensive. At that time, SMS was of great help to the people.
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