MT-SMS
Mobile-Terminated SMS (Short Message Service)
The capability for a mobile phone or other device to receive standard short text messages.
MT-SMS is usually accompanied by MO-SMS, which is the ability to send and reply to such messages.
See: MO-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.
