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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 connexions), and adding the digit 3 to any phone numbers that did not start with the number 9. [1]
Text phone – 0800 81 12; Non-emergency police – 0900 88 44 [a] or 0343 578 844; [87] Non-emergency police (text phone) – 0900 18 44; Suicide prevention – 0800-0113; Animal emergency – 144; Child abuse – 0900 123 12 30; [a] Anti-bullying hotline – 0800 90 50. North Macedonia: 192 or 112 [b] 194 or 112 [b] 193 or 112 [b]
However, unlike a standard telephone directory, where the user uses customer's details (such as name and address) in order to retrieve the telephone number of that person or business, a reverse telephone directory allows users to search by a telephone service number in order to retrieve the customer details for that service.
51xxxxxx to 57xxxxxx – Mobile phone number; 58xxxxxx – 'Class 2 Service' such as voice over IP; 59xxxxxx – Mobile phone number; 6xxxxxxx – Mobile phone number; 7xxxxxxx – Mobile phone number & pager number; 800xxxxxx – Toll-free telephone number; 81xxxxxx to 83xxxxxx – Personal number service; 84xxxxxx to 87xxxxxx – Mobile phone ...
Until 1985, subscribers' telephone numbers in Singapore were five and six digits. Five digits were introduced in 1960s, whereas 5-digit and 6-digit phone numbers were introduced in 1960s as fixed lines grew, but in that year, these changed to seven digits as the introduction of new towns arose (Tampines, Jurong East, Bukit Batok, Yishun and Hougang) and a large number of new numbers were required.
As far as British English goes, phone book is the most common term. British Telecom even changed the name of the official Telephone Directory to the Phone Book a few years ago. "Telephone directory" may sound more formal, but it's antiquated now. Crazysuit 06:24, 4 November 2007 (UTC)
On Wednesday 12 December 1962, the 800-line Highgate Wood exchange was accepted by the Postmaster General, Reginald Bevins, MP, on behalf of the Post Office, from the five manufacturers who had helped to build it, the first all-electronic telephone exchange in Britain and one of the first in the world to go into public service.
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