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Old 08-18-2008, 12:06 PM  
pocketkangaroo
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Originally Posted by Banana Claire View Post
Neil was part of a huge programming team that invented SMS and is recognised as the first person to send a commercial text.

Over the years Neil has been featured in many articles worldwide including the BBC ,CNN and many thousands of magazines.

He continues to be still part of that team (guess you dont let good employess go) and welcomes guests of Qwebec Expo to discuss with him what will be the wave of the future regarding communications and how it can benefit our industry.
He didn't invent SMS. SMS was part of GSM standards back in the early 80's. The guy who invented it was some finnish guy way back then.

Still, I'm sure the guy is interesting to talk to.
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