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2. Assurance Wireless - Wikipedia

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   Assurance Wireless. Assurance Wireless is a telephone service subsidized by the federal Lifeline Assistance program, a government benefit program supported by the federal Universal Service Fund. The service provides to low-income eligible people a free phone, [1] [2] free monthly data, unlimited texting, and free monthly minutes.

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. 911 (emergency telephone number) - Wikipedia

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   History. The first use of a national emergency telephone number began in the United Kingdom in 1937 using the number 999, which continues to this day. In the United States, the first 911 service was established by the Alabama Telephone Company and the first call was made in Haleyville, Alabama, in 1968 by Alabama Speaker of the House Rankin Fite and answered by U.S. Representative Tom Bevill.

5. FCC fines wireless carriers millions for sharing user ... - AOL

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   April 29, 2024 at 12:38 PM. Andrew Kelly/Reuters. The US government has issued millions of dollars in fines to AT&T, Sprint, T-Mobile and Verizon after an investigation found the nation’s top ...

6. Operator assistance - Wikipedia

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   A third number call or third party call is an operator assisted telephone call that can be billed to the party other than the calling and called party. The operator calls the third number for the party to accept the charges before the call can proceed. Time and charges was a service that could be requested of an operator before a call began ...

7. 311 (telephone number) - Wikipedia

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   History. The first use of 3-1-1 for informational services was in Baltimore, Maryland, where the service commenced on 2 October 1996. 3-1-1 is intended to connect callers to a call center that can be the same as the 9-1-1 call center, but with 3-1-1 calls assigned a secondary priority, answered only when no 9-1-1 calls are waiting.

8. Martin Cooper (inventor) - Wikipedia

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   On April 3, 1973, he placed the first public call from a handheld portable cell phone while working at Motorola, from a Manhattan sidewalk to his counterpart at competitor Bell Labs. [4] [5] Cooper reprised the first handheld cellular mobile phone (distinct from the car phone ) in 1973 and led the team that re-developed it and brought it to ...

9. 988 (telephone number) - Wikipedia

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   988 (telephone number) 988 (sometimes written 9-8-8) is a telephone number used in some North American (NANP) countries for a suicide prevention helpline. In the United States, it is known as the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (formerly the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline and the number 1-800-273-8255 ). In Canada, it is known as the 9-8-8 ...