When Neil Papworth sent the first text message almost 20 years ago (03.12.1992), which read – “Merry Christmas” – it didn’t seem like a big deal. Yet it was this 22 year-old engineer that helped kick-start a new mega-trend in communication via 160 characters.
In 1993, the first commercial Short Message Service (SMS) was sent, which came from the first short message service centre, installed by Aldiscon, now known as Acision.
Jorgen Nilsson, CEO Acision, comments: “The text message has been on a....