On This Day December 3

Neil Papworth sent the first (unabbreviated) text message on December 3, 1992. The 22-year-old British engineer had been working as a developer and test engineer to create a Short Message Service (SMS) for his client, Vodafone. He used a personal computer to send his message to Vodafone director Richard Jarvis who received it on an Orbitel 901 handset. It read: "MERRY CHRISTMAS".

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