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A system and method for sending short voice-mail service (SVMS) messages through a wireless radio telecommunications network. An SVMS (270) message is a brief packet data message that is sent through a data channel in the wireless network. An SVMS-MSC (270) receives SVMS messages through an SVMS-gateway (250), stores them, and then identifies the intended recipient. When the SVMS-MSC (270) identifies the intended recipient and determines their location, it transmits the SVMS message (270) to them. The SVMS message (270) will typically be generated by one mobile station (201, 202, 203) capable of enhanced SVMS-MSC 270 communication (such as a GPRS-enabled mobile station). If the intended recipient is determined by the SVMS-MSC (270) to be incapable of receiving SVMS messages, then the SVMS-MSC (270) may attempt delivery by alternate means.
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