A telephone number is a sequence of digits assigned to a landline telephone subscriber station connected to a telephone line or to a wireless electronic telephony device, such as a radio telephone or … See more

In the middle 20th century in North America when a call could not be completed, for example because the phone number was … See more

Fictitious telephone numbers are often used in films and on television to avoid disturbances by calls from viewers. For example, The United … See more

When telephone numbers were first used they were very short, from one to three digits, and were communicated orally to a switchboard operator when initiating a call. As telephone systems have grown and interconnected to encompass worldwide communication, … See more

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Charles Williams, Jr., owned a Boston shop where Bell and Watson made experiments and later produced their telephones. This … See more

Telephone numbers are sometimes prefixed with special services, such as vertical service codes, that contain signaling events … See more

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