When Did Texting Start? The Complete History and Timeline From 1992 to 2026
Texting started on 3 December 1992 when Neil Papworth, a 22-year-old software engineer, sent the first SMS from a computer to Richard Jarvis at Vodafone UK. The message read: “Merry Christmas.” Neither of them could have predicted that this 15-character message would become the foundation of a communication channel now used by billions of people […]
