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A telephone directory, commonly called a telephone book, telephone address book, phonebook, or the white and yellow pages, is a listing of telephone subscribers in a geographical area or subscribers to services provided by the organization that publishes the directory. Its purpose is to allow the telephone number of a subscriber identified by ...
In 2003, R.H. Donnelley Publishing & Advertising, Inc., which published directories under the EMBARQ Yellow Pages name, was acquired from the Sprint Corporation. In 2004, R.H. Donnelley acquired the directory publishing business of SBC Communications in Illinois and northwest Indiana, along with the SBC interest in DonTech. As a result, R.H ...
Telephone numbers listed in 1920 in New York City having three-letter exchange prefixes. In the United States, the most-populous cities, such as New York City, Philadelphia, Boston, and Chicago, initially implemented dial service with telephone numbers consisting of three letters and four digits (3L-4N) according to a system developed by W. G. Blauvelt of AT&T in 1917. [1]
The name and concept of "yellow pages" came about in 1883, when a printer in Cheyenne, Wyoming, working on a regular telephone directory, ran out of white paper so they used yellow paper instead. [3] In 1886, Reuben H. Donnelley created the first official Yellow Pages directory for the city of Chicago. [4] [5]
Southwestern Bell Texas then converted itself into a limited partnership and renamed itself Southwestern Bell Telephone, L.P., incorporated in Texas. [6] This company ceased to exist on June 29, 2007, when it was merged into SWBT Inc. , incorporated in Missouri, [ 7 ] which was founded just 8 days prior.
When Hindman applied for permission to open a post office, authorities repeatedly refused his submissions because the suggested names were already used by other post offices in the state. He finally submitted the name Telephone, which was accepted, and the post office opened in 1886. By 1890, Telephone had an estimated population of 30.
The status of the network of the 1960s was reflected by a new name used in technical documentation: North American Integrated Network. [7] By 1975, the numbering plan was referred to as the North American Numbering Plan, [8] resulting in the well-known initialism NANP, as other countries sought or considered joining the standardization.
1910 directory page for North Adams Street, Peoria, Illinois. A city directory is a listing of residents, streets, businesses, organizations or institutions, giving their location in a city. It may be arranged alphabetically or geographically or in other ways.