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dec 3, 1992 - Text messaging was invented

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The SMS concept was first developed in the Franco-German GSM cooperation in 1984 by Friedhelm Hillebrand and Bernard Ghillebaert. The first text message was sent years later on December 3rd, 1992 from Neil Papworth, a former developer at Sema Group Telecoms.

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dec 3, 1992
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~ 33 years ago

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