University of North Carolina Wilmington - Cameron School of Business
Master of Science in Computer Science and Information Systems


Communication Between Outlook Mobile Services and Mobile Devices

Shaun Border

November 19, 2007

 

Committee

Dr. Ron Vetter (chair)

Dr. Jeff Brown

Dr. Ulku Yaylacicegi

 

Abstract

The Short Message Service (SMS), also known as text messaging, is evolving from a
fun way of communicating to a widely accepted method of business communication. SMS
messages are made up of header information and a series of characters not to exceed 160
characters. Although the popularity of text messaging is well established in many countries,
in others, such as the US, interest in the thumb-driven phenomenon has only recently
skyrocketed. It is evident from data reporting SMS trends that text messaging is becoming a
widely used communication mechanism.

 

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