First SMS text message is sent | December 3, 1992 | HISTORY
Oct 4, 2022 · On December 3, 1992, the first SMS text message in history is sent: Neil Papworth, a 22-year-old engineer, uses a personal computer to send the text message “Merry Christmas” …
On this day: The first SMS was sent 33 years ago, but what was it?
On December 3, 1992, a simple message that read “Merry Christmas” marked a historic shift in global communication. Neil Papworth, then a 22-year-old engineer, sent the message from his …
SMS - Wikipedia
The first SMS message was sent on 3 December 1992, when Neil Papworth, a test engineer for Sema Group, sent "Merry Christmas" to the Orbitel 901 phone of colleague Richard Jarvis. …
History was made on this date in 1992: Engineer Neil Papworth sent …
Dec 3, 2025 · Just three weeks before Christmas 1992, a milestone in communication history quietly unfolded in Newbury, a small market town in West Berkshire, England. It was at …
World’s First Text Message Was Sent 33 Years Ago Today - Times …
Dec 3, 2025 · The world is celebrating 33 years since the first-ever text message, ''Merry Christmas,'' was sent on December 3, 1992, a milestone now trending across social media.
25 years since the world’s first text message - Vodafone
Dec 4, 2017 · In 1992, Neil Papworth, a 22-year-old software programmer from the UK, sent the first ever text message from a computer to his colleague Richard Jarvis. Neil had been …
Fast facts about the first SMS text ever sent - SimpleTexting
Sep 11, 2025 · Text messaging has always had a reputation for casually sharing short, quick messages. So it’s on-brand that the first text message ever sent was… “Merry Christmas” This …
Today's the anniversary of the very first SMS text message
Dec 3, 2024 · The first SMS text message was sent on December 3, 1992. Part of an early Vodafone test, the message was sent from a computer to a GSM handset on the carrier’s …
On this day in history, December 3, 1992, the first text message is sent
Dec 3, 2023 · This screen shows the first-ever SMS text in the world — sent on Dec. 3, 1992, to Richard Jarvis, one of the executives of British telecommunications operator Vodafone.
The first SMS - the history of mobile messaging
Apr 2, 2025 · On December 3, 1992, Neil Papworth, a 22-year-old British engineer, made history by sending the first SMS. The message "Merry Christmas" was sent from a computer to his …