BY A STAFF REPORTER
The drop in text messages has come down drastically after various messaging apps arrived. It is used by very few people. But at one point of time, the Text message was very moving. But do you know what was the world's first text message? The first text message was sent 30 years ago today. This maze is only 14 characters.
On December 3, 1992, Papworth was able to send Christmas greetings to The Orbital 901 handset of Jarvis through that text message. And that's how this became the world's first text message. The message will be auctioned for around Rs 1.71 crore. The first text message was sent in December 1992.
The message was sent from the Vodafone number of one of the employees of the company. The text message was sent by Neil Papworth, an engineer from Newbury, Berkshire. He sent the text message to Papworth. He was then a 22-year-old Test engineer. Papworth was working for a short message service for Vodafone. Vodafone was his client.