SMS

From Mobileradicals

The Short Message Service (SMS) that appeared on the second generation digital mobile phones. It permits the sending of short messages or texts (160 characters) between mobile phones, other handheld devices and even landline telephones. Because of the limited message lengths SMS users commonly make extensive use of abbreviations, particularly the use of numbers for words (e.g "4" in place of the word "for"), the omission of vowels, as in the phrase "txt msg", or the replacement of spaces with capitalization, such as "ThisIsVeryCool". SMS is widely used for delivering premium content such as news alerts, financial information, logos and ringtones. Such messages are also known as Premium Rate short messages. The subscribers are charged extra for receiving this premium content, and the amount is typically split with the mobile network operator and the content provider.