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Infographic: The history of SMS

Nov 30, 2019 • 2 minutes read

On December 3rd, we celebrate the 27th birthday of SMS. Time to look back on the history of SMS.

SMS birthday 27 years old infographic timeline

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Charlotte van Unen

is Communications Specialist and makes sure our readers always have interesting blogs to read about how to engage with customers. During the day, she answers 1K questions in her role as communications advisor. At night she preferably sleeps.

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