Daily LA Times did a little investigation to trace the history of SMS is 160 characters and finally managed to find the person most responsible for: Friedhelm Hillebrand. Germany this poor guy did not become rich because they develop the SMS standard but he is a person who was behind the restrictions.
In 1985 he sat in front of the typewriter and tried to investigate the maximum length of a text message. He wrote a few sentences and found that he always uses the characters below 160. He then set the number 160 as magic numbers and impose new standards on all GSM carriers.
He could do so because of his position as chairman of nonvoice services committee of the Global System for Mobile Communications Group in 1986. Indeed, this story has been rolling dozens of years ago, but the repercussions are still felt to this day.
Today we are still stuck with 160-character limitation that "Miracle" was and constantly seeks new ways to combine and condense the words so we can adapt to the restrictions.
In 1985 he sat in front of the typewriter and tried to investigate the maximum length of a text message. He wrote a few sentences and found that he always uses the characters below 160. He then set the number 160 as magic numbers and impose new standards on all GSM carriers.
He could do so because of his position as chairman of nonvoice services committee of the Global System for Mobile Communications Group in 1986. Indeed, this story has been rolling dozens of years ago, but the repercussions are still felt to this day.
Today we are still stuck with 160-character limitation that "Miracle" was and constantly seeks new ways to combine and condense the words so we can adapt to the restrictions.
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