SMS

SMS (short message service) is a type of communication, it allows the user to type quickly and efficiently and still being able to understand what they are saying. Texting is used world wide today, when it first was invented, the people who invented it thought it wouldnt be popular, but they were wrong as the years went by SMS took off and became a world wide thing, people text everyday to people all over the world.

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 (including spaces), 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.