MO-SMS
Mobile-Originated Short Message Service.
The ability to send short text messages from a phone. Both the phone and the carrier's network must support this feature for it to work.
Messages can be sent to other phones by phone number. Many phones also allow sending messages directly to e-mail addresses (requires network support, although this is very common).
Phones with MO-SMS also have MT-SMS, which is the ability to receive such messages.
See: MT-SMS
Together, MT-SMS and MO-SMS form standard two-way SMS as found on most mobile phones.
See: SMS
Last updated Oct 21, 2014 by Rich Brome
Editor in Chief Rich became fascinated with cell phones in 1999, creating mobile web sites for phones with tiny black-and-white displays and obsessing over new phone models. Realizing a need for better info about phones, he started Phone Scoop in 2001, and has been helming the site ever since. Rich has spent two decades researching and covering every detail of the phone industry, traveling the world to tour factories, interview CEOs, and get every last spec and photo Phone Scoop readers have come to expect. As an industry veteran, Rich is a respected voice on phone technology of the past, present, and future.
