British telco behemothic Vodafone reportedly has plans to sale the world'south beginning Short Message Service (SMS) in the course of a nonfungible token (NFT) on Tuesday. The SMS, that reads "Merry Christmas," was sent 29 years agone over the Vodafone network on Dec 3, 1992, and was received by Richard Jarvis, an employee at the fourth dimension.

The celebrated 15 character-long SMS will be auctioned off as an NFT in a one-off sale conducted by the Aguttes Auction House in France, according to Romanian news outlet Ziarul Financiar.

By auctioning off the globe'southward first SMS in the form of NFT, Vodafone intends to redirect the earnings to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (the UN Refugee Agency) for helping forcibly displaced persons.

Source: Ziarul Financiar

The advertisement imprint above translates to "Merry Christmas. The world'due south get-go SMS auctioned for charity equally NFT." Vodafone's SMS NFT sale volition take identify this Tuesday, December. 21, via an online auction wherein the participants tin place bids using Ethereum (ETH). The highest applicant will own exclusive buying of the communication protocol that was used to transmit the earth'south first SMS.

Adding to the SMS' glory, information technology took nine years for other networks to take Vodafone's ability to transmit and receive SMS. This movement of minting the world's offset SMS is another example of NFT's ability to tokenize and digitally preserve history.

Related: Adidas Originals to launch debut NFT drove

The NFT ecosystem has catalysed crypto's mainstream adoption as corporations find its utilize cases within their existing business models. Just last week, sportswear manufacturer Adidas announced the launch of an "Into the Metaverse" NFT drove.

As Cointelegraph reported, the Adidas Originals NFT sale will be hosted on the company's official website on Fri at a toll of 0.2 ETH, approximately worth $810 at the fourth dimension of writing.

Just days before Adidas' entry, Nike caused virtual sneakers and collectibles brand RTFKT, signaling a strong involvement in the metaverse.