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Skype Number (formerly called Online Number and until 2010 named SkypeIn) allows a Skype user to receive calls to their Skype client (on whatever device) dialed from mobiles or landlines to a Skype-provided phone number. The number need not be in the same location as the user.
Smart Metering Systems (SMS plc) is a British energy infrastructure company founded in Glasgow, Scotland in 1995. As of 2022, SMS plc has around 1,200 employees. As of 2022, SMS plc has around 1,200 employees.
A direct-to-mobile gateway is a device that has built-in wireless GSM connectivity. It allows SMS text messages to be sent and/or received by email, from Web pages or from other software applications by acquiring a unique identifier from the mobile phone's Subscriber Identity Module, or "SIM card".
A key technical aspect of Mobile Number Portability (MNP) involves the routing of calls or mobile messages (SMS, MMS) to a number once it has been ported.Various call routing implementations exist globally, but the International and European best practice employs a central database (CDB) of ported numbers.
A quiz channel (also known as a participation television channel) is a television channel that focuses on phone-in quizzes. The quizzes usually focus on puzzles, such as filling in blanks, identifying subjects, or other forms of word puzzles. The channels make money by encouraging viewers to call a toll phone number for the chance to play.
Telephone numbers starting with the digits 555 are assigned to subscribers as ordinary numbers. Hungarian taxi company Tele5 Taxi uses 555-5555 as a vanity number, [21] while at least one company specializing in vanity numbers [22] sells cell phone numbers starting with the digits 555 for a premium rate, capitalizing on their fame in American ...
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, [34] and subsequently many organizations provided "on-demand" and "instant" news services by SMS.
One such information element is the numbering plan indicator (NPI). It is a number defined in the ITU standard Q.713, paragraph 3.4.2.3.3, indicating the numbering plan of the attached telephone number. NPIs can be found in Signalling Connection Control Part (SCCP) and short message service (SMS) messages.