0 used to describe traditional phone services that use cables, rather than mobile phone services: --
This oversight of citizens has extended beyond wired microphones and wiretapping of fixed-line and mobile phones.
Telkom is currently the largest provider of fixed-line broadband in the country, with 412 190 subscribers according to the 2008 annual report.
Land-line (fixed-line) numbers start with digit 2, followed by 1 or 2 digits area code that corresponds to a geographic area.
In many countries, the number of mobile phone subscribers has bypassed the number of fixed-line telephones; this is particularly true in developing countries.
It provides long-distance telephone service, international call service, and direct connection fixed-line voice service.
Telkom also runs telephone exchanges, trunk network and local loop connections for its fixed-line telephones.
Per month, it includes unlimited calls to numbers of local fixed-line operators.
The first 3 digits of a fixed-line (non-mobile) number correspond to its geographic area.
