NITZ
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Network Identity and Time Zone (NITZ) is a mechanism for provisioning local time and date, time zone and daylight saving time (DST) offset, as well as network provider identity information, to mobile devices via a wireless network.
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- History
- Carriers supporting NITZ
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Network Identity and Time Zone (NITZ) is a mechanism for provisioning local time and date, time zone and daylight saving time (DST) offset, as well as network provider identity information, to mobile devices via a wireless network.
==History== NITZ has been an optional part of the official GSM standard since phase 2+ release 96.
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