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An age verification system, also known as an age gate, is any technical system that externally verifies a person's age.These systems are used primarily to restrict access to content classified, either voluntarily or by local laws, as being inappropriate for users under a specific age, such as alcohol, tobacco, gambling, video games with objectionable content, pornography, or to remain in ...
Cell Broadcast ( CB) is a method of sending messages to multiple mobile telephone users in a defined area at the same time. It is defined by the ETSI 's GSM committee and 3GPP and is part of the 2G, 3G, 4G LTE (telecommunication) and 5G standards. [1] It is also known as Short Message Service -Cell Broadcast (SMS-CB) or CB SMS.
Worldwide distribution of country calling codes. Regions are coloured by first digit. Country calling codes, country dial-in codes, international subscriber dialing (ISD) codes, or most commonly, telephone country codes are telephone number prefixes for reaching telephone subscribers in foreign countries or areas via international telecommunication networks.
Format of subscriber number Remarks 1XX – 19X: PSTN Service Numbers 20XXX – 29XXX: PSTN 30XXX – 39XXX: PSTN 40XXX – 49XXX: PSTN 50XXX – 59XXX: Mobile, GSM: 60XXX – 69XXX: Mobile, GSM 70XXX – 79XXX: PSTN 80XXX – 89XXX: Spare 90XXX – 98XXX: Spare 99XXX – 999XX: PSTN Emergency Services (999)
The first SMS message was sent from a computer to a mobile phone in 1992 in the UK while the first person-to-person SMS from phone to phone was sent in Finland in 1993. The first mobile news service, delivered via SMS, was launched in Finland in 2000, and subsequently many organizations provided "on-demand" and "instant" news services by SMS.
The number of single-parent families have been increasing due to the divorce rate climbing drastically during the years 1965–1995, and about half of all children in the United States will live in a single-parent family at some point before they reach the age of 18. Most single-parent families are headed by a mother, but the number of single ...
1604–1656. Henry Frederick. Prince of Wales. 1594–1612. Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia. 1596–1662. Frederick V of the Palatinate.
999 is the official emergency number for the United Kingdom, but calls are also accepted on the European Union emergency number, 112. All calls are answered by 999 operators, and are always free. [2] Approximately 35 million 999/112 calls are made in the UK each year, with 74% from mobiles and 26% from landlines in 2022.