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SMS

Short Message Service (SMS) is a text messaging service component of most telephone, Internet and mobile device systems. It uses standardized communication protocols that let mobile phones exchange short text messages, typically transmitted over cellular networks.

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SMS

Nodes125
Edges124
Triples264
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.016
Components1

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SMS

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related to Early implementations · 25
SMS → Aldiscon, BT Cellnet, CGI, December, Fleet Call, Logica, Mavenir Systems, Merry Christmas, Neil Papworth, Nextel, Norway, O2 UK, Orbitel, Richard Jarvis, Sema Group, SMSC, Sweden, Telenor, Telia, TeliaSonera
related to GSM · 24
SMS → AMBER, Both, Cell, Cell Broadcast, GSM, If, It, Message, Messages, MO, MT, Point, Short Message Service, SMS-CB, SMS-PP, SMSC, SMSC's, Some, Some SMSCs, The Short Message Service
related to Early development · 20
SMS → Bernard Ghillebaert, Chairman Martine Alvernhe, Deutsche Telekom, February, France, France Telecom, France Télécom, Friedhelm Hillebrand, Germany, GSM, Jan Audestad, June, Oslo, Telenor, The, There, This, Through, WP1 Services, WP3
related to Vulnerabilities · 19
SMS → A5/1, A5/2, Another, Base Transceiver Station, BTS, GSM, In, In October, Internet, Mobile, Mobile Station, MS, Pennsylvania State University, SMS-capable, Such, The, The Global Service, There, When
related to Growth and adoption · 16
SMS → Asia, By, Christmas Day, Europe, Finland, GSM, Initial, Initially, January, Over, Philippines, SMSC, SMSCs, The Economist, This, UK
related to Support in other architectures · 16
SMS → CAMEL Phase, Core Network, From, IN, Intelligent Network, MAP, MAP Phase, Mobile Originated Short Message, Mobile Terminated, Mobile Terminated Short Message, Release, Releases, Service, Short Messages, SS7, The Mobile Application Part
related to Initial concept · 15
SMS → Adding, Based, Bernard Ghillebaert, CEPT Group GSM, December, Franco-German GSM, Friedhelm Hillebrand, Hillebrand, However, In, Telex, The, The GSM, The SMS, This
related to Interconnectivity with other networks · 13
SMS → Additionally, AT, Email-to-SMS, For, However, Mobility, On, Only, Sending, Sprint, Subscribers, T-Mobile USA, Verizon Wireless
related to Message size · 13
SMS → Depending, GSM, MAP, MAP MO, Messages, Mobile Application Part, MT-ForwardSM, Short, SMSC, SS7, Transmission, UCS-2, UTF-16
related to AT commands · 12
SMS → AT, Bluetooth, CMGL, CMGR, CMGS, CMSS, Common AT, GSM Standards, Hayes, Many, The, USB

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messages message gsm mobile short network service phone sent messaging networks text services used also first send using users part

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SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
SMSis atype of SMS that appears directly on the main screen without user interaction and is not automatically stored in the inbox0.90text
SMSis avisual styling orientation of SMS message history that arranges messages to and from a contact in chronological order on a single screen0.90text
North America SMS continues to be used by over 80 percent of the population as of 2023instance ofalthough in some regions0.80text
ringtones or logosinstance ofmessages can be delivered to non enabled phones using text-to-speech conversion.Short messages can send binary content0.80text
as well as Over-the-air programminginstance ofmessages can be delivered to non enabled phones using text-to-speech conversion.Short messages can send binary content0.80text
SMSrelated to Application-to-person (A2P) SMSWhile SMS0.60section
SMSrelated to Application-to-person (A2P) SMSA2P0.60section
SMSrelated to Application-to-person (A2P) SMSIt0.60section
SMSrelated to Application-to-person (A2P) SMSIn0.60section
SMSrelated to Application-to-person (A2P) SMSUS0.60section
SMSrelated to Application-to-person (A2P) SMSUnited Kingdom A2P0.60section
SMSrelated to Application-to-person (A2P) SMSID0.60section

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