The following year, in 1993, Nokia became the first company to include SMS functionality in its GSM mobile phones, enabling consumers to send text messages directly from one handset to another.

It all changed with the emergence of RCS - or ‘rich communication services’. As the name suggests, these advanced messages ...

Text messages from a business can also offer promotions ... From a small local boutique to a Fortune 500 company, anyone can send an SMS message without having an app. For companies without ...

Meta has not detailed explained the change, saying only that "you will no longer be able to use Messenger to send and receive SMS messages sent from your mobile network." However, the removal of ...

The registry applies only to SMS messages and not online messaging apps, they added. But it can get confusing when scam messages sent via online messaging platforms appear next to legitimate SMSes ...

However, it's a significant step up from the unencrypted SMS messages that have been the standard for cross-platform texting. Another area where iMessage still maintains an edge is in its ...