Text Messaging is the name given to the facility of sending and receiving short-length messages from mobile phones using Short Message Service (SMS) by individuals. The individual message sent to any person is called a Text Message.

The SMS gateway providers connect mobile SMS services and control SMS traffic between business and mobile subscribers. Short Message service is available in almost all digital and wireless telephones these days. Mainly, this method is used for person to person communication, but text messaging can also be used by internet users for group communication as well.

The method of sending text message is very easy. One has to simply type the message up to the maximum limit of 160 characters using the mobile phone keypad, enter the mobile number of the recipient, and send it. A number of phones these days also have built in dictionaries which make typing of messages via text messaging software even simpler and quicker.