Telephone directory

A telephone directory, commonly called a telephone book, telephone address book, phonebook, or the white and yellow pages, is a listing of telephone subscribers in a geographical area or subscribers to services provided by the organization that publishes the directory. Its purpose is to allow the telephone number of a subscriber identified by name and address to be found.

"Telephone book", "Phone book", and "White pages" redirect here. For the film, see The Telephone Book. For a contact list, see Contact list. For other uses, see White pages (disambiguation).

A "white pages" telephone directory

The advent of the Internet and smartphones in the 21st century greatly reduced the need for a paper phone book.[1][2] Some communities, such as Seattle and San Francisco, sought to ban their unsolicited distribution as wasteful, unwanted and harmful to the environment.[3][4]

The slogan "Let Your Fingers Do the Walking" refers to use of phone books.[1]

Share this article:

This article uses material from the Wikipedia article Telephone directory, and is written by contributors. Text is available under a CC BY-SA 4.0 International License; additional terms may apply. Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.