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2. Directory assistance - Wikipedia

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   Toll-free directory assistance was provided by telecommunication providers, namely AT&T and Verizon, as mandated by the Federal Communications Commission. Companies requested to have their toll-free number listed, and paid the providers each time their phone number was released to a toll-free directory-assistance caller.

3. 411 (telephone number) - Wikipedia

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   411 (telephone number) 411 is a telephone number for local directory assistance in Canada and the United States. Until the early 1980s, 411 – and the related 113 number – were free to call in most jurisdictions. In the United States, the service is commonly known as "information", [ 1] although its official name is "directory assistance".

4. 1-800-FREE-411 - Wikipedia

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   Service. Callers dial 1-800 (888 or 866)-FREE411 [373-3411] from any phone in the United States to use the toll-free service. Sponsors cover part of the service cost by playing advertising messages during the call. Callers always hear an ad at the beginning of the call, and then another after they have made their request.

5. Operator assistance - Wikipedia

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   Operator assistance. Operator assistance refers to service provided by a telephone operator to the calling party of a telephone call. This can include telephone calls made from pay phones, calls placed station-to-station, person-to-person, or collect, third-number calls, calls billed to credit cards, and certain international calls which cannot ...

6. Toll-free telephone numbers in the North American Numbering ...

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   Toll-free telephone numbers in the North American Numbering Plan have the area code prefix 800, 833, 844, 855, 866, 877, and 888. Additionally, area codes 822, 880 through 887, and 889 are reserved for toll-free use in the future. 811 is excluded because it is a special dialing code in the group NXX for various other purposes.

7. List of telecommunications companies - Wikipedia

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   Telecommunications company. ITU-T. Landline. List of mobile network operators. List of mobile network operators of the Americas. List of mobile network operators in Asia and Oceania. List of mobile network operators in Europe. List of mobile network operators in the Middle East and Africa. List of mobile network operators in Canada.

8. Talk:Directory assistance - Wikipedia

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   Directory assistance, or information as it was known earlier, goes way back practically to the beginning of telephone service. Depending upon the local telephone company and the conditions prevailing at various times, information could be reached either by dialing 0 for operator and requesting information, or by dialing specific codes assigned ...

9. Original North American area codes - Wikipedia

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   The original North American area codes were established by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T) in 1947, after the demonstration of regional Operator Toll Dialing during the World War II period. The program had the goal of speeding the connecting times for long-distance calling by eliminating intermediary telephone operators.