Server-Based Wireless Data Technologies
Wireless data technologies ride on top of the radio technology in order to provide data and services to mobile devices. These technologies involve servers generating content, which is sent wirelessly to clients and interpreted by built-in software residing on the client.
SMS
Short Message Service (SMS) technology is used to send short (generally 100 to 160 character maximum) text messages to mobile phones. Aside from the limited message length, SMS technology is limited due to issues of interoperability between network operators and varying SMS protocols employed by operators. However, SMS has become very popular—particularly in Europe—because of its ease-of-use and wide availability.
Because each carrier ...
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