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|  | Cell Phone SMS Text Messaging Services and InformationWhat is SMS? Short Message Service (SMS), texting, or text messaging, is used as a synonym for a text message or the act of sending a text message, even when a different protocol is being used. Most SMS messages are mobile-to-mobile text messages, though the standard supports other types of broadcast messaging as well. The technical development of SMS was a multi-national collaboration supporting the framework of standards bodies and through these organisations made the technology freely available to the whole world. SMS is a communication service standardized in the GSM mobile communication system, using standardized communications protocols allowing the interchange of short text messages between mobile telephone devices. SMS text messaging is the most widely used data application on the planet, with 2.4 billion active users, or 74% of all mobile phone subscribers sending and receiving text messages on their phones. SMS as used on modern handsets was originally defined as part of the GSM series of standards in 1985 as a means of sending messages of up to 160 characters (including spaces), to and from GSM mobile handsets. Since then, support for the service has expanded to include other mobile technologies such as ANSI CDMA networks and Digital AMPS, as well as satellite and landline networks. The first SMS message was sent over the Vodafone GSM network in the United Kingdom on 3 December 1992, from Neil Papworth of Sema Group (now Airwide Solutions) using a personal computer to Richard Jarvis of Vodafone using an Orbitel 901 handset. The text of the message was "Merry Christmas". Mobile terminated short messages can be used to deliver digital content such as news alerts, financial information, logos and ring tones. 4.1 Trillion SMS text messages were sent in 2008. Commercially SMS is a massive industry in 2006 worth over 81 billion dollars globally. SMS has an average global price of 0.11 USD while costing providers almost nothing. SMS Spoofing occurs when a fraudster manipulates address information in order to impersonate a user that has roamed onto a foreign network and is submitting messages to the home network. Frequently, these messages are addressed to destinations outside the home network – with the home SMSC essentially being “hijacked” to send messages into other networks. MMS - (Multimedia Messaging Service) is a descendant of SMS (Short Messaging Service). MMS extends text messaging to include longer text, graphics, photos, audio clips, video clips, within certain size limits. SMIL - (Synchronized Multimedia Integration Language SMIL (pronounced "smile")) is a standard for interactive audiovisual presentations. In mobile phones, SMIL is used for MMS messages that integrate streaming audio and video with images, text or any other media type. A SMIL presentation typically includes multiple "slides", that play in sequence. SMS Text Messaging - Articles and ReviewsWorld Texting SMS Service Send Free SMS Text Messages via Email goText - Free SMS from your Cell Phone Adding Colored Chat Balloons to SMS Text Messages Free PC to Cell Phone Texting Online Windows Live Messenger Provides Free SMS Chat in Pakistan Texting Pictures Smileys and Emoticons Using Symbols Texting Shortcuts for Chat Rooms and Cell Phones
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