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Thursday, 24 January 2008 |
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By Preeti
 The technology of SMS enables two mobile phones to send and receive text messages between each other. Vodafone is the mobile company to send the first commercial SMS way back in 1992 in Europe. At the infant days of short message service system, messages could only be send through GSM mobile networks. Later all the telecom networks including the landline networks were included in the circle of SMS service facility.
Short Message Service actually refers to a framework that uniquely allows computers, or in this case phones, to communicate with each other without the need of a central hub. With SMS, phones can find each other, send short packets of information back and forth, and do it all without any central computer to guide them. But because the system does not rely upon fixed lines like a land based telephone system does, the amount of information that can be sent at one time is limited in size. This depends on the language spoken, but for English letters this typically means around 150 characters (Chinese and Japanese letters are limited to 70).
Quite recently, however,
new developments in the technology have allowed for even longer messages to be sent. Long or Concatenated SMS is a development that allows multiple messages to be combined to form a single message. In effect, what happens is that your phone actually sends out a few smaller messages and then the receiving phone simply compiles those messages so that for users on both ends, it appears as though the message were cohesive. While there are some limitations, the brilliance behind SMS is that because there is no need for central hubs, and thus the system can be expanded indefinitely without any concerns of it slowing down or becoming more expensive.
The most common form of SMS is texting. This usually takes place with a cellphone in which individuals use the letters behind the number pad on their phone to spell out words and phrases and then send them out. Because many companies charge by the word, individuals have come up with a sort of texting slang to cut down on the amount of words required to convey a particular message. For example, gr8 and BTW mean great and by the way. In addition, other words have just been shortened, such as lata to mean later. Most users simply pick up the lingo through frequent use, and although some slang is widely understood and used, other shortcuts are developed within circles of friends and family. Have a look at more SMS shorties on our forum and discuss with other fellows about the texting shortcuts you use. Read More...
Read more at SMS Technology.
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