Operator assistance refers to service provided by a telephone operator to the calling party of a telephone call. This can include telephone calls made...
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Switchboard operators are typically required to have very strong communication skills. Before the advent of automatic exchanges, an operator's assistance was...
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first stage of concentration for intertoll or long-distance traffic. Operator assistance or participation may be an optional function. In U.S. common carrier...
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digit[clarification needed]: 0 (Direct Dialing) Language digit: 2 (Operator Assistance) National (significant) number: 10 digits Area code: 3 digits Local...
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Person-to-person and person to person may refer to: Person-to-person call; see Operator assistance Peer-to-peer lending, also called P2P or person-to-person lending...
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caller may call any other user outside the local calling area without operator assistance Direct inward dialing, where an outside call may be automatically...
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network operators; however, with mobile number portability, a mobile phone number might no longer be associated with its original assigned operator. Until...
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building or room where control room operators receive incoming telephone calls from members of the public in need of assistance. Callers make initial contact...
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cases, domestic operator-assisted calls are dialed 0+10D. Some common special numbers in the North American system: 0 — operator assistance 00 — long-distance...
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government entity. Directory assistance systems incorporate a wide range of automation to reduce the cost of human operators. Almost all systems use custom...
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emergency calls may be directly routed by emergency operators in telephone company operator assistance centres (OAC). These services are as follows, listed...
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system. NREC has worked with coal mining industry partners to develop operator assistance technology for longwall mining. This includes a complete navigation...
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call any other subscriber outside the local calling area without operator assistance, DDD was introduced in the United States in 1951, on a trial basis...
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Operation Assistance, military support to the civil authorities during the flooding of the Red River in April and May 1997 Operator assistance, a service...
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person-to-person call. All toll calls from coin phones required operator assistance. The operator was also available to help complete a local or long-distance...
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mobile phone operator was issued one mobile phone code. Through a series of mergers, there are currently three major mobile phone operators: AIS, True and...
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for telephone subscribers to call long-distance numbers without operator assistance DDD, the SPARS code for a CD that was recorded, mixed, and mastered...
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landlines 10 – national operator assistance (withdrawn in 2007) 114 – international operator assistance (withdrawn in 2007) 910 – operator-assisted calls to...
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the dial telephone allowed users to place calls themselves without operator assistance. By mid-century, mobile radio telephone service became available...
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These were an early form of regional tollfree number which required operator assistance. Only 555-0100 through 555-0199 are now specifically reserved for...
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seven-digit telephone number to initiate long-distance calls without operator assistance. Activated first in 1951 for about ten thousand customers in Englewood...
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These switches allowed customers to connect their own calls without operator assistance. Automatic Electric's rotary dial makes a single clicking sound as...
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into the AUTOVON network. Others could initiate AUTOVON calls with operator assistance. Though the numbering plan was similar to the U.S. civilian scheme...
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provided the service by operator assistance for telephone subscribers without dial telephones (manual service). Operator-assisted toll-free calling included...
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ISDN User Part (ISUP) Line Local loop Long-distance operator On-premises wiring Operator assistance Outside plant Patch-through access Permanent signal...
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international operator service on +850 2 18111. A select few numbers (mostly fax numbers) are able to be dialled directly, without operator assistance. Phone...
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anonymously, which cannot certify that the user in question really needs operator assistance or not. Furthermore, fraudulent calls of any nature cost millions...
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routine about a frustrating attempt to obtain operator assistance from a trio of unhelpful telephone operators, the first of whom uses a bizarre phonetic...
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"Zenith" and a four- or five-digit number, these collect calls required operator assistance. The subscriber of the service was charged for the call. With "inward...
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come with a cord or be wireless. A special number can be dialed for operator assistance, which may be different for local vs. long-distance or international...
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