FEATURE 1
How Much Do You Know about the “Mysteries” of Telephone Numbers?
Let’s look at how a telephone call is passed from one of Tokyo’s 23 wards to Noshiro City, Akita Prefecture
- How are telephone numbers assigned?
- What do phone numbers such as “0AB-J” and “0A0” indicate?
- Can the prefecture and the area in which a person is living be determined from his or her phone number?
- Why was the last digit of a long distance code moved to become the first digit of a local phone number?
- Is it true that a call between phone numbers with the same long distance code may not necessarily be a local call?
- Why can cell phones not access some of the “0120” toll-free numbers?
- How are phone numbers that begin with “#” or “*” used? And what is the difference between the two?
- Is it true that you no longer have to dial “001” to make an international call?
- How is the telephone number that originates a call notified?
- Is it true that another phone number is assigned to numbers such as “115” and ones that begin with “0120”?
- How is a person able to use the same number after changing the company that provides her or his home telephone line?
- How does Mobile Number Portability work?
- How is someone able to access a cell phone by calling the same number from anywhere? - How can someone receive cell phone calls using the same number even in other countries?
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