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When was the first text message (SMS) sent, and what did it say?
When was the first text message (SMS) sent, and what did it say?
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The first text message (SMS) was sent on December 3, 1992, by Neil Papworth, a software engineer. The message read “Merry Christmas.” It was sent from a computer to a mobile phone on the Vodafone network in the UK.
Neil had been working as a developer and test engineer to create a Short Message Service (SMS) for his client, Vodafone. That very first text, sent on the 3rd December 1992, simply said, “Merry Christmas.” Neil Papworth who sent the world’s first text message on 3 December 1992