Short message gateways play a key role in short message services.

短信网关在短信服务中起着至关重要的作用。

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Message services, using the mediation session; for example, to send messages to other destinations.

使用中介会话的消息服务；例如发送消息到其它目的地。

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These messages can also be published with a different topic name so that they can be consumed by different message services.

这些消息还可以以不同的主题名称发布，这样就可以由不同的消息服务使用。

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"they would like to receive a message that uses some kind of code, and instead of sending a message that reminds them of their pill, they would like a motivational message, like for example, 'it's time for your life.'" Services like that have been shown to work in low-income countries, and now they're starting to appear in richer countries.

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But microblogs, or weibo - short-message services similar to Twitter - have become hugely popular.

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This has helped make it a popular alternative to SMS and MMS message services.

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For short messages there are two-way pagers like Motorola's T900 Talkabout, not to mention the various short-message services built into cell phones.

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