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  2. National conventions for writing telephone numbers - Wikipedia

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    On 1 July 2009, telephone numbers in Karachi and Lahore were changed from seven digits to eight digits. This was accomplished by adding the digit "9" to the beginning of any phone number that started with a "9" (government and semi-government connections), and adding the digit "3" to any phone numbers that did not start with the number "9". [1]

  3. List of mobile telephone prefixes by country - Wikipedia

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    Mobile phones use geographic area codes (two digits): after that, all numbers assigned to mobile service have nine digits, starting with 6, 7, 8 or 9 (example: 55 15 99999–9999). 90 is not possible, because collect calls start with this number.

  4. List of international call prefixes - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of international dialing prefixes used in various countries for direct dialing of international telephone calls.These prefixes are typically required only when dialling from a landline, while in GSM-compliant mobile phone (cell phone) systems, the symbol + before the country code may be used irrespective of where the telephone is used at that moment; the network operator ...

  5. Telephone prefix - Wikipedia

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    A telephone prefix is the first set of digits after the country, and area codes of a telephone number. In the North American Numbering Plan countries (country code 1), it is the first three digits of a seven-digit local phone number, the second three digits of the 3-3-4 scheme. In other countries, both the prefix and the number may have ...

  6. List of telephone country codes - Wikipedia

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    Worldwide distribution of country calling codes. Regions are coloured by first digit. Telephone country codes, but also sometimes referred to as country dial-in codes, or historically international subscriber dialing (ISD) codes in the U.K., are telephone number dialing prefixes for reaching subscribers in foreign countries or areas via international telecommunication networks.

  7. List of telephony terminology - Wikipedia

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    Number 1 Electronic Switching System (Alcatel-Lucent) US 1FR: Flat rate service: US 2G: second-generation mobile telephone 2.5G: Enhanced 2G mobile telephone 3G: third-generation mobile telephone 4ESS Number 4 Electronic Switching System (Alcatel-Lucent) 4WTS: Four-wire termination set: US 5ESS Number 5 Electronic Switching System (Alcatel ...

  8. 'Wait, What Did You Say?' 125 Tongue-Twisting Telephone Game ...

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    The purpose of the game is to make sure that the starting message given by the first person at the beginning of the game is the same message received by the last person. ... 125 Best Telephone ...

  9. Phoneword - Wikipedia

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    The differences between the prefixes are the length of the number (six or ten digits), the license cost to use them each year (approximately A$1 for 1800 and 1300, A$10,000 for 13 numbers) and the call cost model. 1300 numbers [8] and 13 numbers share call costs between the caller and call recipient, whereas the 1800 model offers a national ...