• Widespread UK telephone code misconceptions, in particular brought on by the Big Number Change in 2000, have been reported by regulator Ofcom since publication...
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    Kingdom Telephone number portability Telephone numbers in Ireland UK telephone code misconceptions—includes the common "0207" and "0208" misconceptions Calling...
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  • telephone numbering plan Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom Telecommunications in the United Kingdom UK telephone code misconceptions Malone, Sam (18 April...
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    020 (redirect from UK STD code 020)
    2000, following multiple telephone number changes during the 1990s. As is the case for other codes in the UK, the 020 area code may also be used for services...
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  • telephone numbers, mobile numbers and special services. Despite these rationalisations, there remains no standard format or length for a UK area code...
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  • Big Number Change (category Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom)
    Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom List of dialling codes in the United Kingdom List of Wales dialling codes UK telephone code misconceptions—includes...
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  • Each entry on this list of common misconceptions is worded as a correction; the misconceptions themselves are implied rather than stated. These entries...
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    is a portable telephone that allows users to make and receive calls over a radio frequency link while moving within a designated telephone service area...
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  • 999 phone charging myth (category Misconceptions)
    mobile phone has low battery, then dialling 999 (or any regional emergency telephone number) charges the phone so it has more power. This was confirmed as...
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    business which provides network, hosting and managed application services in the UK, France, Germany, The Netherlands (Benelux), Portugal, Spain, Italy and Brazil...
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  • there continues to be significant misconceptions about HIV within the United States. Furthermore, misconceptions about the transmission of HIV promotes...
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    Rabies (redirect from ATC code J06AA06)
    has been," CDC rabies expert Dr. Charles Rupprecht told Reuters in a telephone interview. Pieracci EG, Pearson CM, Wallace RM, Blanton JD, Whitehouse...
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    Cardiff (redirect from Cardiff, UK)
    current telephone dialling code for Cardiff, as well as for the neighbouring towns of Penarth, Dinas Powys and Caerphilly. The dialling code is optional...
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    mechanisms and LCD, LED, or VFD displays. For the blind and for use over telephones, speaking clocks state the time audibly in words. There are also clocks...
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    due to a pregnancy scandal, Cowell would instead speak to the judges by telephone, as he did in series 9. However, this did not happen. In a change to the...
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  • are usually made via a webform on the ACMA's website. Popularly held misconceptions about the ACMA's regulatory role include that it investigates and takes...
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    require the user to transmit any data, and operates independently of any telephone or Internet reception, though these technologies can enhance the usefulness...
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    knew we were in trouble then", Lennon said later. "I didn't have any misconceptions about our ability to do anything other than play music. I was scared...
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    gone off the air. He tried to re-establish his program by using another telephone line, but it too had failed. About 20 minutes later the Tokyo railroad...
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    public furore over the 2007 UK child benefit data scandal was unjustified, he published his own bank account number and sort code, together with instructions...
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    database. For a fee, the registry typically provides 24-hour, toll-free telephone service for the life of the pet. Some veterinarians leave registration...
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  • question time. He apologized shortly afterwards. In December 2008, recorded telephone conversations revealed Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich trying to "sell"...
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    Study, National Household Surveys of both Adult Caretakers and Youth (telephone interviews) and a Juvenile Facilities Study. The estimated number of 800...
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    December 2018. Retrieved 1 February 2007. "Dispelling Common Bluetooth Misconceptions". SANS. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 9 July...
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    machines' needles could be detected using a mobile telephone; if the line cut off when the telephone was placed near to the needle, this supposedly proved...
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    common misconception is that the town is in the county of Hampshire rather than Wiltshire. This is compounded by the postal code of SP11 and telephone dialling...
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    Dattatraya Deoras wrote a letter to Indira Gandhi, aiming to "dispel misconceptions" regarding the RSS and assured her his organisation was working for...
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  • instead brings Soviet ambassador Alexei de Sadeski into the War Room to telephone Soviet Premier Dimitri Kissov. Muffley warns the premier of the impending...
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    power from the telephone line. The "B" model does not use power from the Dreamcast; thus, it is dependent on the power from the telephone line or a modem...
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    Information Technologies. "CE Telephone". Retrieved 12 September 2020. "How is the CE mark enforced?". CE Marking Association (UK). 15 December 2017. Retrieved...
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