Made up in Britain: SMS : Neil Papworth 1992

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Neil Papworth
Born	28 December 1969 Reading
	\| Age 53

Neil Papworth 1992

Communication:1900s

Neil Papworth sent the first SMS (Short Message Service) on the 3 December 1992 while working as a developer for Sema Group Telecoms. The Text he sent was "Merry Christmas" to Richard Jarvis, a director at Vodafone who had commissioned the technology.

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