UNRELIABLE FACT OF THE DAY
From the Brains Trust
20 August 2004
SMS MESSAGING
SMS messages were invented by the British company Logica as a cheap alternative to mobile phone calls after a review of overheads identified the spiralling cost of mobile phone bills. The messages grew in popularity after they were commended as "a great leap forward for dyslexics" by dyslexia activist and actress Hayley Mills.