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The company provides online directory enquiries and competes with BT, Google Local, Yelp and the Yell Group (the holding company now known as hibu, as of 2012 [2]) for the directory enquiry market. It is the market leader DQ for finding people. [3] 192.com contains approximately 700 million residential and business records.
Robertson had spotted the potential of acquiring a freephone number similar to BT's own directory enquiries number of 192. BT spent three years trying to recover the number in legal battles but were finally forced to admit defeat in May 1996. [4] Robertson and his business partner Jonathan Bushby renamed their company (then known as Timeload ...
118 118 company logo. 118 118 is the UK telephone number for a US owned directory enquiries provider. Once wildly popular for its advertising featuring two runners, the service has experienced a dramatic decline in calls due to easily accessible information via mobile devices.
The service had been run solely by BT. In December 2002, the market was opened up by Oftel for new providers to run additional directory enquiries services in competition. BT's 192 service moved to 118 500, and dialling 192 ceased working in August 2003. New providers used 118 118, 118 247, 118 855 and many others.
The BT foreign directory assistance centre in Grimsby (1996) In the United Kingdom directory enquiries services (sometimes abbreviated as "DQ" [ 4 ] ) are provided by a variety of different companies, with a variety of call charges, each company reached by dialing a six-digit number beginning with 118.
Yell Group Limited, also known as Yell UK, is a digital marketing and online directory business in the United Kingdom.Yell has created over 110,000 websites and managed 90,000 pay per click campaigns for customers in the United Kingdom.
BT’s Phone Book – the only UK directory that includes business and residential listings; Payphones (Red telephone box, KX series, LinkUK) – handles telephone calls and provides additional services such as advertising, cash machines, Wi-Fi and small cell mobile hotspots; BT Supply Chain – provides supply chain management for both Group ...
Up to 4.26p a minute (plus VAT), but fixed (e.g. always 3p/minute or always 4p/minute) from BT landline, other providers may charge more; up to 42p a minute from mobiles. 0843 xxx xxxx 0844 00x xxxx Non-BT Discount Scheme—Internet Services incorporating unmetered access up to and including 5p for BT customers 0844 01x xxxx to 0844 09x xxxx