Telephoning 1: phones and numbers HEY elephones and beyond & 1 public telephone / payphone: phone in a public place operated with money, a credit card or a phone card mobile phone, mobile (BrE)/ cellphone, cellular phone. cellular (AE): a phone you can take with you and use anywhere. WAP phone: a mobile phone with access to the Internet (WAP = wireless application protocol). ‘m extension: one of a number of phones on the same line, in a home or office. Mi cordless phone, cordless: an extension not connected by a wire, so you can use it around the house or in the garden. m pager: allows you to receive written messages @ webcam: a camera attached to a computer and phone line, so two people talking on the phone can see each other. videophone: a special phone with a screen so you can see the other person ‘Webcams and videophones enable videoconferencing: holding a meeting with people in different locations. HERE) Phone, call and ring call BrE: to ting someone, to ring up someone, to ring someone up, to phone to give someone a ring telephone ive someone a call HERS) Numbers When saying numbers, use rising intonation for each group, except for the last group, when you should use a falling tone. This shows you have reached the end of the number. access code country code area code number 0 WF 4 m6 sso21 Double oh {BrE) double one seven four six _eight four five nine two one Zero zero (AmE) Doing things over the phone Phone numbers where you can get information or advice, buy things, make reservations, etc. may be called: ™ helpline ™ hotline @ information line ‘@ reservations line People who answer and deal with calls like these work in call centres (AmE: all centers). A number that is free of charge is: BrE AmE {1 an 0800 number” Ml a Freephone number mi a 1-800 number M™ a toll-free number