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SMS a Phase of GSM Technology is the Most Popular of Mobile Services

By: Anderson Cooper


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SMS or Short Message Service is all about mobile messaging. A feature of GSM technology, SMS is a mobile phone based service to send and receive text messages. It is highly popular among all mobile users for its efficiency and efficacy beyond measure. Want to share a fleeting thought of yours with your friends, greet your cousins with birthday wishes, circulate the news of an event and alert your parents to remind them of important matters, SMS works for you.

The Character Length of a GSM Mobile SMS Message

Alphabetical, numerical or alphanumeric figures make SMS texts. It is very interesting to dig into the history of SMS technology and its evolution over the years. It is supposed that the first short SMS had been sent from a computer to a cell phone over the Hutch (now Vodafone) GSM network in the UK in December, 1992. A mobile message usually consists of 160 characters if it is written in Latin alphabets. When non-Latin alphabets like Chinese and Arabic are used its capacity is a limit of 70 characters in length.

SMS as a GSM Technology Service is highly Successful

The huge success of SMS as a phase of GSM mobile technology is unquestionable. It is largely used in marketing a product or service among customers of a business. Solving the queries of clients, sending monthly payment related alerts to debtors and reminding insurance customers of coming premiums through SMSs is a trend. In Europe alone, the number of SMSs had surpassed three billions in 1999.

The Reach of SMS Depends on GSM Technology

Essentially akin to paging, SMS messaging between two mobile phones does not require the phones to be within range. An SMS message can be sent to or received from any part of the world and that obviously depends on the GSM technology of a mobile phone. The transmission of SMS messages is possible within cell phones of the same brand and SIM connection or different brands and SIM connections.

SMS Websites are of Great Use to Send Messages to GSM Phones

Mobile messaging has become so popular that many websites offering Short Message Service have been launched. SMS messages can be sent from a mobile number registered with a SMS website to any GSM

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