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2. Instant messaging - Wikipedia

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   However, SMS still remains popular in the United States because it is usually included free in monthly phone bundles. While SMS volumes in some countries like Denmark, Spain and Singapore dropped up to two-thirds from 2011 to 2013, in the United States SMS use only dropped by about one quarter. Security and archiving

3. Text messaging - Wikipedia

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   Text messaging. A text message using SMS – the 160 character limit and difficulty of typing on feature phone keypads led to the abbreviations of "SMS language". The word "lol" sent via iMessage. Text messaging, or texting, is the act of composing and sending electronic messages, typically consisting of alphabetic and numeric characters ...

4. Textfree - Wikipedia

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   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 for an ad-free ...

5. Google Voice - Wikipedia

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   Google Voice currently provides free PC-to-phone calling within the United States and Canada, and PC-to-PC voice and video calling worldwide between users of the Google+ Hangouts browser plugin (available for Windows, Intel-based Mac OS X, and Linux). [5] Almost all domestic and outbound calls to the United States (including Alaska and Hawaii ...

6. 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 ...

7. Short code - Wikipedia

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   Short code. 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. [1] In addition to messaging, they may be used in abbreviated dialing .