Infographic: The history of SMS

Almost ten years ago CM Telecom was the first in the market to provide high-end customers, like banks and governments, a double redundant sms gateway. And it was a huge success, we won almost all deals in those markets in our home markets.

On December 3rd, Neil Papworth marked the beginning of SMS with the very first mobile message, saying “Merry Christmas”. Now, 25 years later, SMS is still ‘alive and kicking’. And how! For CM, it all started with the message: “Will you join me to Highstreet?

The next big thing in mobile communications: Google’s RCS promises to upgrade messaging with popular chat features. It is even said that RCS will replace SMS as the new interactive messaging service. But does RCS really mean the end of SMS?

CM has joined Google’s Early Access Program for RCS Business Messaging, an initiative which enables businesses to send richer, more useful messages to their customers.

Dutch tech companies must make better use of Brussels, according to the King's Commissioner. Wim van de Donk will personally cater for that businesses like CM get more support from the EU.

No-shows: In healthcare – hospitals, to be more specific - they are a well-known phenomenon in which people tend to forget or do not show up at their appointment in a hospital or care facility. Frustrating for hospital staff and moreover: costly. But the no-show is on its way back because of SMS.

Our customers trust we deliver their messages. CM's technique therefore focusses on reliability. This is illustrated by the retry system we've built into our SMS platform.

Combining push notifications and SMS text messages in just one application will be the near future of mobile messaging. “Hybrid messaging offers the best of both worlds: the vast accessibility of SMS and low expense of push notifications”, says Jeroen van Glabbeek at Mobile Convention Amsterdam.

Uber app has been shaking up the taxi market since it was launched in 2009 in San Francisco. But it’s about to get even more disruptive.