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  2. SMS - Wikipedia

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    An SMS message written on a Motorola Razr V3. E.161, a common mobile keypad alphabet layout. Short Message/Messaging Service, commonly abbreviated as SMS, is a text messaging service component of most telephone, Internet and mobile device systems. It uses standardized communication protocols that let mobile devices exchange short text messages.

  3. Text messaging - Wikipedia

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    There are a growing number of websites that allow users to send free SMS messages online. Some websites provide free SMS for promoting premium business packages. Worldwide use Europe SMS is used to send "welcome" messages to mobile phones roaming between countries.

  4. Toll-free telephone number - Wikipedia

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    A toll-free telephone number or freephone number is a telephone number that is billed for all arriving calls. For the calling party , a call to a toll-free number from a landline is free of charge. A toll-free number is identified by a dialing prefix similar to an area code .

  5. Textfree - Wikipedia

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    textfree .us. TextFree (formerly called Pinger and sometimes stylized as textfree) is a mobile application and web service that allows users to send and receive text messages, as well as make and receive VoIP phone calls, for free over the internet. The service costs nothing because it is supported by ads, but users have the option of paying ...

  6. How to Do a Free Reverse Phone Lookup & the 8 Best ... - AOL

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    Have you ever wondered who owns that phone number? You know, the one that keeps calling you and won't leave you alone? Try a free reverse phone lookup site to find out who's calling.

  7. Short code - Wikipedia

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    Short codes, or short numbers, are short digit-sequences - significantly shorter than telephone numbers - that are used to address messages in the Multimedia Messaging System (MMS) and short message service (SMS) systems of mobile network operators.

  8. Telephone numbers in Argentina - Wikipedia

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    Inbound SMS. To send an SMS text message to an Argentine cell phone from another country, the 9 used internationally when dialing the number for a voice call (and the 15 used for calls within Argentina) is omitted. For example, if the mobile number in Argentina is (11) 15 1234–5678, a voice call from abroad would be dialled as +54 9 11 1234 ...

  9. Short Message service center - Wikipedia

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    Short Message service center. A Short Message Service Center ( SMSC) is a network element in the mobile telephone network. Its purpose is to store, forward, convert and deliver Short Message Service (SMS) messages. The full designation of an SMSC according to 3GPP is Short Message Service - Service Center (SMS-SC).

  10. Mobile phone spam - Wikipedia

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    One of the biggest sources of SMS spam is number harvesting carried out by Internet sites offering "free" ring tone downloads. In order to facilitate the downloads, users must provide their phones' numbers; which in turn are used to send frequent advertising messages to the phone.

  11. SMS language - Wikipedia

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    SMS language displayed on a mobile phone screen: "It is great to see you tonight. Thank you for your treats." Short Message Service language, textism, or textese is the abbreviated language and slang commonly used in the late 1990s and early 2000s with mobile phone text messaging, and occasionally through Internet-based communication such as email and instant messaging.