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Did You Know? The First Ever Sms Text Was Sent 19 Years Ago by mrinfo(m): 1:54am On Dec 04, 2011
The first ever SMS message was sent over the Vodafone GSM network in the United Kingdom on 3rd December 1992 from a man named Neil Papworth using a personal computer to Richard Jarvis of Vodafone using an Orbitel 901 handset.
This is according to Wikipedia.

The message read,’Happy Christmas.’

The technology behind the SMS text was,

http://nairabrains.com/2011/12/first-ever-text-message-sent-19-years-ago/
Re: Did You Know? The First Ever Sms Text Was Sent 19 Years Ago by kevinc: 3:05pm On Dec 05, 2011
Great.
Re: Did You Know? The First Ever Sms Text Was Sent 19 Years Ago by mrinfo(m): 7:50pm On Dec 05, 2011
We've surely come a long way from 19 years ago

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