Short message service (SMS): the creation of personal text messaging
Hillebrand, Friedhelm F.
2010 marks the 25th anniversary of the development and standardization of SMS. It is a topic that has received a great deal of interest because of the worldwide success of GSM. Providing an overview of the success of the service, SMS: The Creation of Global Text Messaging presents a chronological history of SMS. The book starts with a description of the world of text communication in the early 1980s. It characterises the SMS concept developed in the Franco-Germancooperation and describes how GSM is different, detailing the succeeding factors. The standardisation of the SMS service-features in 1985 - 1986 is described before moving onto discuss the technical standardisation of the first version of SMS in 1987 - 1990. The subsequent evolution of SMS from 1990 to today is covered and a final chapter looks at the implementation and success of SMS in the world market.
- ISBN: 978-0-470-68865-6
- Editorial: John Wiley & Sons
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Páginas: 192
- Fecha Publicación: 02/01/2010
- Nº Volúmenes: 1
- Idioma: Inglés