Definition of Local call

1. Noun. A telephone call made within a local calling area.

Generic synonyms: Call, Phone Call, Telephone Call

Lexicographical Neighbors of Local Call

local anaesthesia
local anaesthetic
local anaesthetic reaction
local anaesthetics
local anaphylaxis
local anesthesia
local anesthetic
local anesthetics
local area network
local area networks
local asphyxia
local authority
local batteries
local battery
local bloodletting
local call (current term)
local celebrity
local circuit theory
local color
local death
local department
local derbies
local derby
local epilepsy
local exchange carrier
local exchange carriers
local excitatory state
local flap
local gigantism
local gigantisms

Literary usage of Local call

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Mobile Phones: Pricing Structures and Trends by Sam Paltridge (2000)
"1n other words, there is no long-distance pricing in either country, and all domestic calls are made at the local call rate. Calls from mobile networks are ..."

2. The OECD Report on Regulatory Reform by Joanna R. Shelton (1997)
"Between 1990 and 1996, on average the local call charge has risen 43 per cent. ... Countries with monopolies have raised local call prices to a greater ..."

3. Commission Leaflets by Legal dept, American Telephone and Telegraph Company (1917)
"While this procedure would result in giving to the telephone company 3 cents for the local call, the subscriber would not get the 2 cents for such call ..."

4. Universal Service and Rate Restructuring in Telecommunications by OECD Staff (1991)
"However, the (local call) charge for long distance calls is now calculated as one of the items in longdistance calls, which is now claimed by MPT to be ..."

5. Transactions of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers by American Institute of Electrical Engineers (1911)
"Take down trunk 50 0 Total 260 0 Grand total 675 43 It will be noted that in the handling of a purely local call the manual operator is represented in 370 ..."

6. A New Economy?: The Changing Role of Innovation and Information Technology ...by Alessandra Colecchia by Alessandra Colecchia (2000)
"While raising fixed charges did not affect countries with unmetered local charges, raising local call charges significantly increased the cost of Internet ..."

7. Regulatory Reform in Hungary by Oecd (2000)
"... especially since 1996 when sharp increases occurred due to price re-balancing. In real terms, local call prices have increased by about 17% for peak ..."

8. The Markets for Electronic Information Services in the European Economic by Willi Bredemeier, Sabine Graumann, Werner Schwuchow, DIANE Publishing Company (1997)
"In addition, the UK has two other non-premium rate alternatives to standard telephone tariffs: local call rates (offered by BT and Mercury) and national ..."

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