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jan 5, 1992 - SMS message

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The world’s first ever SMS message was sent in the UK. Neil Papworth at the time was a developer for a telecom contractor tasked with developing a messaging service for Vodafone. The text message read “Merry Christmas” and was sent to Richard Jarvis.

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jan 5, 1992
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