What are MT SMS and MO SMS?
Posted: Mon Dec 09, 2024 8:17 am
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SMS messages were originally defined in the GSM standard as a means phone number library for network operators to send service information to subscribers, without the subscribers being able to reply or send messages to other customers. This type of message was called MT SMS (Mobile Terminated - Short Message Service, i.e. messages that arrive at the user's terminal, i.e. their cell phone).
However, Nokia developed a system to allow two-way communication via SMS: messages sent by users were renamed MO SMS (Mobile Originated - Short Message Service, originating from the user's terminal, i.e. their cell phone).
Text messages are processed by a "Short Message Service Center" (SMSC) which stores them until they are sent and connects them to the rest of the GSM network elements.
What is conversational SMS?
The world of the Internet has given strength to text over other means of communication such as print media, phone calls or face-to-face interaction. One of the areas currently growing is "chat" but via SMS, also called SMS chat or conversational SMS, or in its simplest versions two-way SMS or bidirectional SMS.
SMS messages were originally defined in the GSM standard as a means phone number library for network operators to send service information to subscribers, without the subscribers being able to reply or send messages to other customers. This type of message was called MT SMS (Mobile Terminated - Short Message Service, i.e. messages that arrive at the user's terminal, i.e. their cell phone).
However, Nokia developed a system to allow two-way communication via SMS: messages sent by users were renamed MO SMS (Mobile Originated - Short Message Service, originating from the user's terminal, i.e. their cell phone).
Text messages are processed by a "Short Message Service Center" (SMSC) which stores them until they are sent and connects them to the rest of the GSM network elements.
What is conversational SMS?
The world of the Internet has given strength to text over other means of communication such as print media, phone calls or face-to-face interaction. One of the areas currently growing is "chat" but via SMS, also called SMS chat or conversational SMS, or in its simplest versions two-way SMS or bidirectional SMS.