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Average Call Duration (ACD) is a term used in telecommunications to describe the average amount of time a given person or group spends on each phone call. This is an important metric, because it helps service providers predict the amount of phone traffic their systems will experience over time.
The same standard has been in place since 1947. See more cell phone pictures. The telephone number that you dial to call somebody is basically an address, similar to the IP address of a computer or the street address of your home.The length of the telephone number varies depending on the country you are calling.In many European countries, phone numbers are variable in length, ranging from just five or six digits in small towns to ten or more in large cities. In the United States, phone numbers are fixed-length, with a total of 10 digits.The 3-3-4 scheme, developed by AT&T in 1947, uses three blocks of numbers arranged in two blocks of three and a single block of four digits. This means that a customer's phone number can be moved to another switch without having to change any part of it, including the prefix, as long as the customer does not move out of the local-rate area. 2  Line number-This is the number assigned at the switch level to the phone line that you are using.