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Summary

Written to celebrate the 25 th anniversary of SMS standardization by the people who produced the standards, Short Message Service (SMS): The Creation of Personal Text Messaging, describes the development of the SMS standard and its ongoing evolution. The standardization of SMS started in February 1985 as a part of the creation of the second generation digital cellular system GSM, and the 25th anniversary of the first work on SMS provides an opportunity to review and understand how this service was developed. The book also looks to the future, as a large number of new GSM and evolved GSM phones will support SMS as a mass market high availability messaging service, a new simple Multimedia Messaging Service (MMS) suitable for use by everyone and for implementation in every new terminal is proposed. One of the only books which covers the complete SMS genesis from concept ideas to standardization of a first technical solution and its evolution to the present day. Describes the service concept including the limitation of the message length to 160 characters and explains the rationale behind the concept. Based on existing and newly retrieved documentation. Concludes that SMS has a long future since most future GSM phones will support SMS as the only messaging service, and so an SMS evolution is put forward.

Introduction
Communication Networks in the Early 1980s and the Portfolio of GSM Services
Station-to-station Morse Telegraphy, the Origin of All Modern Technical Text Communication
Network-based Communication Services in the Early 1980s
Services Portfolio of GSM
GSM Mobile Telephony and SMS - the Most Successful Telecommunication Services
Who Invented SMS?
Introduction
Clarification of the Terms 'Invention' and 'Innovation'
Was SMS Invented during the ISDN Work?
Was SMS Invented by Test Engineers, Students or in a Pizzeria Session?
A Clarifying Discussion within the GSM Community in Spring 2009
Timetables of SMS Genesis
The Creation of the SMS Concept from Mid-1984 to Early 1987
The Birth of the SMS Concept in the French and German Network Operators
The Standardisation of the SMS Concept in the GSM Committee from February 1985 to April 1987
The Acceleration of the GSM Project, Including in 1987
The Technical Design of SMS in DGMH from June 1987 to October 1990
Background
Some Personal Sentiments at the Start
The Instructions that IDEG Were Given for Provision of SMS
Overall Description of the Work in the Period from 1987 to 1990 and Work Items Dealt with
The SMS of September 1990
Major Design Issues
Final Remarks on the Period of the First Three Years of DGMH
Work on SMS in GSM Bodies Outside GSM4
Other Tasks of DGMH
The Evolution of SMS Features and Specifications from October 1990 to the End of 1996
Topics Discussed in this Chapter
Technical Improvements to SMS 1990-1996
Concluding Remarks on the SMS Period 1990-1996
The Evolution of SMS Features and Specifications from the Beginning of 1997 to Mid-2009
SIM Toolkit Data Download and Secure Messaging
SMS Compression
Enhanced Messaging Service (EMS)
Voicemail Management
Routers
Language Tables
Other Important Standards Work for SMS
The End of an Era
Further Reading
Early Commercial Applications and Operational Aspects
Fixed-network Connection to the SMS-SC
Network Operator Interworking, Roaming and Number Portability
Third-party SMS-SCs
Intelligent Terminal Connections to Mobile Phones
SMS Keyboard Text Entry
SMS to Fax and SMS to Email
Two-way Real-time Messaging Applications
Performance
SMS Traffic Growth
Billing
The CPA Model Deployed in Norway
SMS in 2009
Global Market Development
The Creation of a Large Base of Mobiles and the Global SMS Infrastructure
First Use of SMS by Network Operators
How SMS Was Discovered by Young People and Became a Part of the Youth Culture and Widely Accepted
SMS Has Become the Leading Mobile Messaging Service and Will Stay in the Lead in the Forseeable Future
Conclusions
Factors that Were Critical for the Success of SMS
Proposals for a Further Evolution of SMS: SMS Phase 3
What Can be Learnt from SMS for Standardisation in Other Areas
Abbreviations Used in Several Parts of the Book
Sources for Quoted GSM Documents and Other Documents
Meetings of IDEG/WP4/GSM4 and DGMH in the Period from May 1987 to September 1990
DGMH Attendance in the Period from May 1987 to September 1990
Meetings of GSM4/SMG 4 and DGMH in the Period from October 1990 to the End of 1996
DGMH Attendance in the Period from October 1990 to the End of 1996
Evolution of GSM Specification 03.40
Literature
Brief Biographies of the Authors
Index
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