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ALSO CALLED: Short Message Service and Messaging Services
DEFINITION: SMS (Short Message Service), commonly referred to as "text messaging," is a service for sending short messages of up to 160 characters (224 characters if using a 5-bit mode) to mobile devices, including cellular phones, smartphones and PDAs.SMS is similar to paging. However, SMS messages do not require
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Posted: 05 Jun 2009 | Published: 01 Apr 2009
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the mobile phone to be active and within range and will be held for a number of days until the phone is active and within range. SMS messages are transmitted within the same cell or to anyone with roaming service capability. They can also be sent to digital phones in a number of other ways, including: From one digital phone to another From Web-based applications within a Web browser From instant messaging clients like ICQ From VoIP applications like Skype From some unified communications
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