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Technologies: MMS, Mobile Applications, Mobile Marketing, Mobile Security, Mobile Social Networking, Mobile Spam, Operator Services, Smartphones, SMS
Regions: Americas, APAC, EMEA
Standards & Legislation: Congress & FCC, Distracted Driving, Handset Exclusivity

About Short Message Service

Short Message Service (SMS) is a communications protocol allowing the interchange of short text messages between mobile telephone devices. The SMS technology has facilitated the development and growth of text messaging. The connection between the phenomenon of text messaging and the underlying technology is so great that in parts of the world the term "SMS" is used colloquially as a synonym for a text message from another person or the act of sending a text message.

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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, to and from GSM mobile handsets. Since then, support for the service has expanded to include alternative mobile standards such as ANSI CDMA networks and Digital AMPS, as well as satellite and landline networks. Most SMS messages are mobile-to-mobile text messages, though the standard supports other types of broadcast messaging as well.

  1. Mentioned In 15 Articles

  2. Celebrating 25 Years of SMS!

    Explore Article textually.org (Aug 3 2010) SMS , EMEA

    Celebrating 25 Years of SMS! ..., and took the mobile industry by surprise. It's been 25 years since the standardization of SMS (Short Message Service) was developed in 1985 by a collaborated effort between Germany and France. SMS was created by Frie... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Technology   Short Message Service   Neil Papworth

  3. GSMA launches SMS spam reporting service

    Explore Article Computerworld (Mar 26 2010) Mobile Security , Operator Services , SMS

    ...d-source" spam reports from their customers to help them identify and cut off spammers abusing SMS (Short Message Service). As much as 90% of Internet e-mail traffic is spam, according to some reports, up from 20% a decad... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   AT&T   Short Message Service   IDC

  4. GSMA Launches SMS Spam Reporting Service

    Explore Article news.yahoo.com (Mar 25 2010) Mobile Security , Operator Services , SMS

    ...d-source" spam reports from their customers to help them identify and cut off spammers abusing SMS (Short Message Service). The falling cost of text messaging is making mobile-phone users a more attractive target for spam... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   GSM Association   Short Message Service   Gsma

  5. Mobile Marketing To The Masses

    Explore Article Free Press Release Distribution (Mar 6 2010) Mobile Marketing , Mobile Security , SMS , Americas

    ...eting . . . Marketing on a mobile phone has become increasingly popular ever since the rise of SMS (Short Message Service) in the early 2000s in Europe and some parts of Asia when businesses started to collect mobile phon... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   SMS   Short Message Service   Mobile Marketing Association

  6. Reportlinker Adds Mobile Messaging & Ip Evolution: Players, Strategies ...

    Explore Article Green Technology (Nov 12 2009) Smartphones , SMS , Americas , EMEA

    ...ppendix: Mobile Messaging Technologies 1 Introduction 2 Core P2P Mobile Messaging Services 2.1 SMS (Short Message Service) i. SMS Architecture Figure A1: SMS Architecture ii. SMS Standards & Protocols iii. SMS Interworkin... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Airwide Solutions   Technology   AT&T

  7. Reportlinker Adds Mobile Messaging & Ip Evolution: Players, Strategies & Forecasts 2009-2014

    Explore Article Yahoo! Finance (Nov 12 2009) Smartphones , SMS , Americas , EMEA

    ...ppendix: Mobile Messaging Technologies 1 Introduction 2 Core P2P Mobile Messaging Services 2.1 SMS (Short Message Service) i. SMS Architecture Figure A1: SMS Architecture ii. SMS Standards & Protocols iii. SMS Interworkin... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Airwide Solutions   Technology   AT&T

  8. Philippiens. SMS is tax goldmine

    Explore Article textually.org (Sep 18 2009) SMS , Congress & FCC

    Philippiens. SMS is tax goldmine ...nsumers are against the proposed five-centavo tax on every SMS sent. The Straits Times reports. The Short Message Service (SMS) is seen as a potential goldmine for the cash-strapped government because of the vast number o... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Short Message Service

  9. Syniverse to Buy VeriSign's Mobile Messaging Unit

    Explore Article pcworld.com (Aug 26 2009)

    Syniverse to Buy VeriSign's Mobile Messaging Unit ...175 million. The acquisition will include VeriSign products that help mobile operators deliver SMS (Short Message Service) and MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) messages, provide picture messaging applications and delive... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Multimedia Messaging Service   Short Message Service   Verisign

  10. Vonage Bundles International Calls, Voicemail Texts

    Explore Article pcworld.com (Aug 20 2009) SMS , Congress & FCC

    ... to have Vonage voicemail messages converted into text and sent to the recipient via e-mail or SMS (Short Message Service). The new plan will replace the service provider's Premium Unlimited plan, which was also priced at... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Technology   iPhone   AT&T

  11. Android Security Chief: Mobile-phone Attacks Coming

    Explore Article pcworld.com (Aug 14 2009) Mobile Security

    ...id. Miller recently discovered a serious flaw in the way both the iPhone and Android processed SMS (Short Message Service) messages, but the vulnerability's consequences were not as serious on Android, the security resear... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Palm Pre   iPhone   Twitter

  12. Apple patching serious SMS vulnerability on iPhone

    Explore Article Computerworld (Jul 2 2009) Mobile Security

    ...he attack in question exploits a weakness in the way iPhones handle text messages received via SMS (Short Message Service), said security researcher Charlie Miller, during a presentation at the SyScan conference in Singap... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Technology   iPhone   Short Message Service

  13. Airwide Expands Solution Partner Program to Support Growing Demand for Mobile Applications and Services

    Explore Article Marketwire (Jun 25 2009) SMS , EMEA

    ...hat mobile operators need to protect themselves against messaging attacks and fraud perpetrated via Short Message Service (SMS) and multimedia messaging service (MMS)." About the Open Services Framework Airwide's Open Ser... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Airwide Solutions   Brenda Suarez   Technology

  14. Cloudmark Security Suite Addresses Growing SMS Spam

    Explore Article pcworld.com (Jun 23 2009) Mobile Security , SMS

    ...a as well as North and South America. Sometimes, the phishing attempt will take the form of an SMS (Short Message Service) message asking a person to call their bank. The number provided, however, isn't the bank's, but th... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Technology   Multimedia Messaging Service   Short Message Service

  15. Enhanced SMS Allows Vision, Hearing Impaired To Text 911

    Explore Article textually.org (Jun 10 2009) SMS

    ...rmation Week reports To establish the texting-to-911 connection, the various partners enhanced the Short Message Service to establish a text-conversation link directly between the caller and 911 dispatchers. The Black H... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Technology   Short Message Service   InformationWeek

  16. Enhanced SMS Allows Vision, Hearing Impaired To Text 911

    Explore Article InformationWeek (Jun 9 2009) SMS , Americas

    ... Management Division. To establish the texting-to-911 connection, the various partners enhanced the Short Message Service to establish a text-conversation link directly between the caller and 911 dispatchers. The develope... (Read Full Article)

    Comment on Article Mentions:   Technology   InformationWeek   Short Message Service

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