The Stop Texting Fair Use Act, or STFU Act, would apply to message transmitted using the Short Message Service (SMS) as well as messages containing image, video, and sound content (MMS messages).

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When I first heard about Shenzhen-based Tencent during the early 2000s from ICQ managers, Tencent was working with China Mobile to allow PC users to send short messages from PCs to phones, and then via SMS (mobile Short Messaging Service) back again.

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Using the Short Messaging Service (SMS) functions on mobiles, people with hearing difficulties can communicate by typing messages into their phones.

BBC: Deaf go mobile phone crazy

The Philippine cellphone market has been growing at an exceptional rate, riding on the crest of the popularity of SMS (short messaging system), in which subscribers send text messages to each other, and on the poor service of the largest landline and longtime telephone monopoly PLDT, which operates Globe's closest cellular rival, Smart.

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