Calling party

The calling party (in some contexts called the "A-Number") is a person who (or device that) initiates a telephone call.

A telephone call is a connection over a telephone network between the called party and the calling party.

The person who, or device that, receives a telephone call is the called party.

The person who (or device that) initiates a telephone call is the calling party.

* Calling-party camp-on

Such systems may or may not issue a system blocking signal to inform the calling party of the access delay.

In some countries, it is common etiquette for a call originator to identify himself first instead of the receiver, when the connection is established.

Modems and fax machines use different tones when originating or answering a connection, which may be a source of problems for the user.

Modems and fax machines use different tones when originating or answering a connection, which may be a source of problems for the user.

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For the calling party, a call to a toll-free number from a landline is free of charge.

Direct distance dialing (DDD) is a telecommunication service feature in which a caller may, without operator assistance, call any other user outside the local calling area.

Caller ID (caller identification, CID), also called calling line identification (CLID), Calling Line Identification (CLI), calling number delivery (CND), calling number identification (CNID), calling line identification presentation (CLIP), or call display, is a telephone service, available in analog and digital telephone systems, including VoIP, that transmits a caller's telephone number to the called party's telephone equipment when the call is being set up.

Telephone numbers are entered or dialed by a calling party on the originating telephone set, which transmits the sequence of digits in the process of signaling to a telephone exchange.

Regardless of what ringing pattern the called party hears, the calling party hears the standard ringing pattern.

Call origination, also known as voice origination, refers to the collecting of the calls initiated by a calling party on a telephone exchange of the PSTN, and handing off the calls to a VoIP endpoint or to another exchange or telephone company for completion to a called party.

A Zenith number was a special type of telephony service which allowed a calling party to call the number's owner at no charge by requesting the call from a switchboard operator and citing the "Zenith", "Enterprise" or "WX" number.

Operator assistance refers to a telephone call in which the calling party requires an operator to provide some form of assistance in completing the call.

A collect call in Canada and the United States, known as a reverse charge call in other parts of the English-speaking world, is a telephone call in which the calling party wants to place a call at the called party's expense.

The tones are generated by a central office or a private branch exchange (PBX) to the calling party.

Modern ANI has two components: information digits, which identify the class of service, and the calling party billing telephone number.

A busy signal (or busy tone or engaged tone) in telephony is an audible call-progress tone or visual signal to the calling party that indicates failure to complete the requested connection of that particular telephone call.

The recipient of a wrong number is usually unknown to the caller.

When a calling party lifted the receiver, the local loop current lit a signal lamp near the jack.

The place a telephone call, the calling party picks up the telephone's handset, thereby operating a lever which closes the hook switch (A4).

The service may also offer the facility to place a call to the calling party.