Before smartphones, landline telephones were the way most people kept in touch. And until direct dialing became common, a switchboard operator's assistance was often needed to help with long-distance ...

Until being approached by Net phone operator LibreTel, the North American Numbering Plan Administration distributed numbers only to entities with government telephone operator licenses. LibreTel is ...

*(CNN) — The operator is going off the hook for millions of phone customers. Starting in sometime this month (January), AT&T customers with digital landlines won’t be able to dial 411 or 0 to reach an ...