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    | n | Absent-subscriber
    services as the answering 
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    |  | machine 
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    | n | Call
    booking: connection at the
    desired time 
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    | n | Person-to-person call: ensures that call goes to a 
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    |  | right person 
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    | n | Serial
    call: setting up several
    calls 
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    | n | Telephone
    conferencing: several
    persons 
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    |  | participate to
    call in real-time (compare: tele- 
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    |  | conferencing) 
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    | n | Directory inquiries: also speech recognition, 
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    |  | recorded
    messages 
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    |  | (many of these
    nowadays available in terminals) 
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