Almost 28 years after the first SMS was sent, texting remains one of the most popular ways of communicating worldwide.
ΣOn December 3, 1992, Rica Jarvis, then working for Vodafone, read the following two words on the screen of his Orbitel 901 mobile phone: "Merry Christmas."
The big smile that formed on his face was not so much due to the early wish he received, as to the fact that he had received the first SMS sent in history via GSM telephone network. The sender was Neil Papworth from the IT company, Sema Group. Neither of them, however, could have imagined that SMS would become one of the most popular forms of communication in the history of mankind.
In their early days, of course, texting was not very popular. The main reasons were that their exchange was not supported by all the mobile phone providers as well as their high price. The key to the SMS "take off" was the launch of Nokia 2010, the first mass mobile phone that allowed text messaging. When the mobile phones that supported the sending of SMS multiplied, while at the same time the sending cost started to gradually decrease, the popularity of the medium increased exponentially.
In Greece, a year later, the first SMS was sent from a Greek mobile network. Initially, providers used text messaging to alert users (eg, missed calls or received voice messages). In 2000, multimedia messages (MMS) appeared, which made it possible to send images and videos in parallel with text messages.
The explosive rise of smartphones, combined with the advent of messaging applications, but also the unprecedented penetration of social media, led many to conclude that SMS will not last long.
And yet, almost 28 years after its first "appearance", SMS not only resists, but continues to be a versatile written communication medium used by billions of users.
Every day, more than 18 billion SMS are sent worldwide. That's about 200.000 text messages per second! A trend that is expected to be maintained due to the fall in the cost of using the services.
In fact, according to an EU decision, from 15 May 2019, sending an SMS from one EU country to another will have a maximum charge of 6 euro cents.
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