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Future Telephones
To Dial World
Sometime in the early 1970’s, an American will be able to telephone almost any where in the world without the help of an operator.
Groundwork for worldwide direct dialing has already been laid, the National Geographic Society says. Each country has been assigned a number under a global plan approved by the International Telecommunica tions Union in Geneva.
Countries are grouped into large geographical zones: North America is 1; Africa, 2; Europe, 3-4; South America, 5; South Pacific, 6; U.S. S. R. 7; North Pacific, 8; Asia,9.
The first digit in a country’s code number is the num ber of its zone. Argentina for example, has the number 54; Venezuela, 58. Dial 33 for France
Americans may be able to dial Europe directly as early as 1968. For France, they will dial 33; for the United Kingdom, 44. Intercontinental dial ing will entail the use of 13 to 15 digits. They will include:
(1) The world access code number which connects the telephoner to his own country’s international exchange two or three digits. (2) The number of the country he wishes to dial—one two, or three digits. (3) The single trunk number within that .country. (4) The number of the individual subscriber he is calling. This number, combined with the trunk number, will have 10 digits at most.
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