ANYONE TO ANYONE.

Auckland Star, Volume LIX, Issue 267, 10 November 1928, Page 10

ANYONE TO ANYONE.

Developing International ! ''.'- 'Phones. '<' ,' \, SEARCHES FOR SUBSCRIBERS. '(British Official Wireless.),, RUGBY,. November 9 V Negotiations aire' proceeding- between the authorities of, the General Post Office and the telephone administrations of eighteen European countries with which . Britain is in telephonic communication,'' for the purpose of establishing a "person-to-person" service. .'.',** The' advantages of such a service are already available to subscribers, whether in ' America or Europe, who use the trans-Atlantic telephone system. It means that in a case where a' subscriber desires direct communication with another subscriber, the telephone operators will, if the necessary information is given them, endeavour to find the person wanted, if he should not be at his own address when a call is made. With the development of the transAtlantic service it is not, unusual for soveral .countries in Europe to be searched for a particular subscriber who is wanted on tlie American side, and similarly, the telephone system is used throughout America, if necessary, to secure a response to a European call. > The charge is calculated only from the time that tho conversation actually begins between tho two subscribers. ■ At tho present time about 3000 calls are made daily between London and the Continent, and tho number .is rapidly increasing. ' .' ,