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Who actually invented texting is probably not 100% clear. As the points below illustrate, there are different opinions out there as to the true origin of texting.
However, one thing is abundantly clear. Texting is now a worldwide phenomenon. Besides widespread use by individual users, permission-based text message marketing has spawned an entire new industry. There are companies out there specializing in optimizing your ability to connect with your customers via text messages.
Read on to learn more about the origins of texting:
1. Text messaging – Wikipedia
Text messaging, or texting, is the act of composing and sending electronic messages, typically(1)…
Jun 11, 2019 — Who Invented Texting? Hillebrand and Ghillebaert are credited with coming up with the SMS concept. However, some consider Finnish engineer (2)…
Dec 11, 2020 — Friedhelm Hillebrand and Bernard Ghillebaert invented the concept of the text message. 1985 – The concept of a Short Message Service (SMS) (3)…
2. Evolution of Text Messaging and RCS
Dec 17, 2019 — Neil Papworth is credited with inventing the text message. He send the first text message “Merry Christmas” to Richard Jarvis at Vodafone in 1992 (4)…
Sep 21, 2012 — The first text message was sent in 1992 from Neil Papworth, a former developer at SEMa Group Telecoms. Mobile phones didn’t have keyboards (5)…
Sep 16, 2016 — So who came up with this concept? Read on to know about the man: 1. Matti Makkonen, a Finnish engineer, has been credited with the invention (6)…
3. When did texting start? by Jessie Lizak | SendHub Blog
Let’s begin by defining texting or text messaging which is also known as SMS (short People created their own shortcuts; for instance, by the way became BTW (7)…
Dec 2, 2012 — Timeline · 1992 First text message sent · 1995 T9 system invented, making texting quicker · 2001 Text volume passes 1bn a month in the UK · 2001 (8)…
4. Why Isn’t The Inventor Of SMS Better Known? | TechCrunch
Jul 22, 2015 — Makkonen – who died last month at the age of 63 – was a titan of mobile technology. It was Makkonen who, in 1984, first pitched the concept of (9)…
Dec 3, 2012 — While the first text message was sent Dec. 3, 1992, Finnish engineer Matti Makkonen first conceived of the idea eight years earlier. He rarely (10)…
Dec 3, 2012 — Papworth, a former developer at SEMa Group Telecoms, sends the world’s first SMS greeting to his friend Richard Jarvis, who at the time worked (11)…
Text messaging (SMS) was developed in 1984 by Friedhelm Hillebrand and Bernard Ghillebaert. The first text message however wasn’t sent until 1992 and was 18 answers · 1 vote: As SMS is a telecommunication standard of GSM, it’s hard and also unfair to name a single person (12)…
Makkonen came up with the idea during a press conference in the UK. On December 3 1992 the first text message was sent. It was from Neil Papworth one of (13)…
5. The First Text Message Celebrates 25 Years : NPR
Dec 4, 2017 — The first text message was transmitted Dec. 3, 1992. Engineer Neil Papworth typed “merry Christmas” on a computer and sent the first SMS (14)…
Dec 3, 2017 — If you Google “Who invented SMS” it lists, amongst others: Matti Makkonen, Finn Trosby, Friedhelm Hillebrand, Bernard Ghillebaert, Oculy (15)…
Jun 30, 2015 — Matti Makkonen: Finnish pioneer of texting tech dies · Matti Makkonen, who helped to launch the worldwide sensation of texting, has died at the (16)…
6. Matti Makkonen inventor of the text message dies aged 63 …
Jul 2, 2015 — He was a gr8 man: Inventor of the text message Matti Makkonen dies aged 63 · The Finnish inventor first pitched the idea over a meal of pizza at a (17)…
Apr 8, 2011 — Meet The Geniuses Behind The Cell Phone, Texting And Other Mobile which text messages could be sent was invented earlier in 1984 by a (18)…
Here Neil Papworth steals the lime-light with his SMS to Richard Jarvis that Richard received on his Orbitel 901 in 1992. There have been other claims to have (19)…
Dec 5, 2007 — PARIS — “Merry Christmas” may not be the most original greeting in the world, Neil Papworth admits today, but as he was about to send the (20)…
7. 25 years since the world’s first text message – Vodafone Group
25 years since the world’s first text message In 1992, Neil Papworth, a 22-year-old software programmer from the UK, sent the first ever text message from a (21)…
SMS was developed in the United Kingdom in the late 1980s, and the first text message was sent on December 3, 1992. An SMS commercial service was (22)…
Dec 3, 2017 — Engineer Neil Papworth sent the first SMS on December 3rd, 1992, when he wrote “merry Christmas” on a computer and sent it to the cellphone (23)…
8. Text Messaging Explodes In America – CBS News
Sep 23, 2008 — Survey: Texting Now More Popular Than Calling, With Messaging Up American cell phone users are sending more text messages than they (24)…
Who Invented Texting and Texting History First Ever Text Message is a general misconception about the first person to have ever sent out a text message.(25)…
Facts about who invented Texting. Who invented Texting? The name of the person credited with inventing SMS Texting is Matti Makkonen (1952 – 2015).(26)…
9. The (Brief) History Of Texting – iReTron Blog
Nov 6, 2015 — Texting is a relatively new activity in America and the rest of the world. Text messaging grew in the 1990s, even though one had to text using (27)…
The first smartphone, created by IBM, was invented in 1992 and released for A new kind of artist known as a mobile photographer; Texting and messaging (28)…
10. SMS: A History Lesson | SMS Marketing | RoboCent
Aug 21, 2020 — December 2018 marks the 29th birthday of text messaging, an invention that changed the landscape of communication and marketing as the (29)…
Jul 4, 2011 — Text messages are short written messages that can be sent between electronic equipment such as cell phones and web sites. Also known as (30)…
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(1). Text messaging – Wikipedia
(2). The History of Texting: from Telegraphs to Enterprise SMS …
(3). A (Brief) History of Texting – Zipwhip
(4). Evolution of Text Messaging and RCS
(5). A Brief History of Text Messaging – Mashable
(6). 12 facts on the man behind ‘texting’: Know about the Father of …
(7). When did texting start? by Jessie Lizak | SendHub Blog
(8). Text messages turns 20 – but are their best years behind them …
(9). Why Isn’t The Inventor Of SMS Better Known? | TechCrunch
(10). SMS inventor reflects on 20th anniversary of text messaging …
(11). The text message turns 20: A brief history of SMS – The Week
(12). Who came up with the idea of the text message? – Quora
(13). History of Texting – Texting – Google Sites
(14). The First Text Message Celebrates 25 Years : NPR
(15). Texting Invented 25 Years Ago, but by Who? | Ambrose Designs
(16). Matti Makkonen: Finnish pioneer of texting tech dies – BBC News
(17). Matti Makkonen inventor of the text message dies aged 63 …
(18). Who Invented Texting Voicemail and Mobile Phones
(19). Who invented SMS?
(20). 15 years of text messages, a ‘cultural phenomenon’ – The New …
(21). 25 years since the world’s first text message – Vodafone Group
(22). texting | Definition & Facts | Britannica
(23). The first text message was sent 25 years ago | Engadget
(24). Text Messaging Explodes In America – CBS News
(25). Who Invented Texting and Texting History | Sophisticated EDGE
(26). Who invented Texting? Inventions and Inventors for kids***
(27). The (Brief) History Of Texting – iReTron Blog
(28). History of Smartphones – What Was the First Smartphone …
(29). SMS: A History Lesson | SMS Marketing | RoboCent
(30). Who Invented Text Messaging
