{"id":18903,"date":"2020-05-04T10:09:44","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T08:09:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sms77.io\/blog\/eine-kurze-geschichte-des-a2p-messaging\/"},"modified":"2024-02-23T11:50:25","modified_gmt":"2024-02-23T10:50:25","slug":"a-brief-history-of-a2p-messaging","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seven.io\/en\/blog\/a-brief-history-of-a2p-messaging\/","title":{"rendered":"A Brief History of A2P Messaging"},"content":{"rendered":"

From telephone to allrounder – hardly any everyday object has gained as much importance and functions as the mobile phone. We use it every day for communication of all kinds and let the little jack-of-all-trades take care of some tasks for us. Companies also talk to us by sending SMS or other messages. They let us know when our bus is late, confirm our registration on that next cool social media platform or remind us of our dentist appointment. These messages are so called A2P messages. A2P means “Application to Person”, since the messages are sent via applications, often in an automated process. The following article will give an overview of how A2P messages got to our smartphones.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>

How it all began<\/h2>\n

There once was a time when a mobile phone was meant to make mobile calls. Period.
\nHowever, when a mobile phone standard (GSM<\/a>) was to be developed, the foundation was laid for a very different application. In 1984, some of the developers involved thought about how free capacities in the network could be used effectively. A little later the first concept of SMS was born.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

If you want to know more about the origins of SMS, you can read a German Spiegel interview with Friedhelm Hillebrand, who created the first concept of SMS back then.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>

To the interview<\/span><\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>
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You have one (1) new message!<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

However, a few more years were to pass, before the first SMS was sent. It was not until 1992 that Neil Papworth from Great Britain sent Christmas greetings to his colleague. Ironically, by the way, this was done from a computer, because Papworth, like the recipient, lacked an input facility for text on his phone. What followed this simple message was a success story that none of the developers had expected.<\/p>\n

Even though today OTT apps (apps that send messages without the detour via a provider) are increasingly displacing SMS from person-to-person communication (P2P, also peer-to-peer), SMS are still extremely successful in A2P communication. This is no surprise, because there are many ways to use SMS as a business tool. Possibilities range from securing confidential data (for example through 2-factor authentication) to running marketing campaigns. In addition, OTT apps only ever reach the people who have installed the respective app. SMS, on the other hand, are carried out to every mobile phone.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>

SMS sent in Germany<\/h5>\n<\/div><\/div>
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11.4 billion<\/span>