He joins the family of thirty-somethings.
This Saturday, December 3, 2022, the SMS (
Short Message Service
) is 30 years old.
Since then, the use of the message has evolved, with in particular the appearance in 2002 of MMS (
Multimedia Messaging Service
) allowing the sending of photos and videos.
Ten years earlier, Neil Papworth, a 22-year-old British engineer and software designer for the Sema Group company, sent the first SMS in history.
It was sent on December 3, 1992 to Richard Jarvis, director of the British telephone operator Vodafone.
The company was then a client of Sema Groupe, the source of the technology needed to send the first SMS.
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Neil Papworth still works in the IT field and now lives in Montreal, Canada.
LE FIGARO. - The first SMS was sent 30 years ago. How do you feel today?
Neil PAPWORTH. -
On the one hand, I am proud to have sent this first message and to be part of the story.
I'm proud that it's...
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