the first mobile phone text message was sent from a computer to a phone in 1993.
the first mobile phone text message was sent from a computer to a phone in 1993.
when was the first mobile phone text message sent from a computer to a phone?
1993
sms messaging was used for the first time on 3 december 1992, when neil papworth, a 22-year-old test engineer for sema group in the uk (now airwide solutions), used a personal computer to send the text message "merry christmas" via the vodafone network to the phone of richard jarvis, who was at a party in newbury, berkshire, which had been organised to celebrate the event. modern sms text messaging is usually messaging from one mobile phone to another. finnish radiolinja became the first network to offer a commercial person-to-person sms text messaging service in 1994. when radiolinja's domestic competitor, telecom finland (now part of teliasonera) also launched sms text messaging in 1995 and the two networks offered cross-network sms functionality, finland became the first nation where sms text messaging was offered on a competitive as well as on a commercial basis. gsm was allowed in the united states and the radio frequencies were blocked and awarded to us "carriers" to use us technology. hence there is no "development" in the us in mobile messaging service. the gsm in the us had to use a frequency allocated for private communication services (pcs) – what the itu frequency régime had blocked for dect – digital enhanced cordless telecommunications – 1000-feet range picocell, but survived. american personal communications (apc), the first gsm carrier in america, provided the first text-messaging service in the united states. sprint telecommunications venture, a partnership of sprint corp. and three large cable-tv companies, owned 49 percent of apc. the sprint venture was the largest single buyer at a government-run spectrum auction that raised $7.7 billion in 2005 for pcs licenses. apc operated under the brand name of sprint spectrum and launched its service on november 15, 1995 in washington, d.c. and in baltimore, maryland. vice president al gore in washington, d.c. made the initial phone-call to launch the network, calling mayor kurt schmoke in baltimore.
text messaging
text message- a text message is defined as a short message sent electronically usually from one cellphone to another. the first text message was sent in december 3, 1992.the engineer that discovered text messaging was named matti makkonen. along with the development of text messaging came a new development of dialogue when texting. along with the development of text messaging came a new development of dialogue when texting. as i stated in while texting people tend to exaggerate how they usually talk. an example of this or shown in blank where somebody may states that "this homework is so hard i'm going to kill myself!!" this dialogue is normal and texting but not entirely appropriate and other scenarios. another thing that texting changed was a person's grammar or writing style. in it showed that 75% of friends noted that their best friends grammar or writing styles .though only 25% of acquaintances noticed that their friends grammar or writing styles had changed. the evolution of texting is evolving and its uses it is not only being used to communicate with friends and family but it is also spreading to the workforce. according to in zambia they are finding the results of hiv testing faster due to mobile phone texting. the turnaround time for results notifying went from health facilities reporting the results in 44.2 days pre-implementation to 26.7 days post inflammation due to texting. they developed a customized software built to deliver the test results automatically and directly from the processing laboratory to the health facilities of sample origin via short text message service text
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