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2. Telephone directory - Wikipedia

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   Telephone directory. 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 ...

3. The history of the American phone book - AOL

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   1883: The Yellow Pages are invented. The business listings directory got its iconic look by accident in 1883 when a Cheyenne, Wyoming, printer ran out of white paper and made do with yellow paper ...

4. Whitepages (company) - Wikipedia

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   Whitepages is a provider of online directory services, fraud screening, background checks and identity verification for consumers and businesses. It has the largest database available of contact information on US residents. [3] Whitepages was founded in 1997 as a hobby for then- Stanford student Alex Algard.

5. C&P Telephone - Wikipedia

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   C&P Telephone. The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company, usually known as C&P Telephone, is a former d/b/a name for four Bell Operating Companies providing service to Washington, D.C., Maryland, West Virginia, and Virginia . Today, three of the companies are owned by Verizon Communications: The Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company (DC ...

6. 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.

7. Category:Telephone directory publishing companies of the ...

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   Y. YP Holdings. Categories: Book publishing companies of the United States. Telecommunications companies of the United States. Telephone directory publishing companies. Telephone numbers in the United States.