1.   Fritze said he used phone books, operator directory assistance and online services such as CDB Infoteck and AutoTrack that people can be traced through.

2.   If you have a pager equipped to receive numbers and words, the phone eliminates the operator assistance normally required to send such messages.

3.   MCI and GTE say some of the money it collects from prison calls pays for mandatory operator assistance, added security features and commissions to the state.

4.   The commission was instructed to reconsider its list, dropping items, perhaps like operator assistance, that entrants could provide themselves or rent from non-Bell companies.

5.   The phone companies say some of the money they collect from prison calls pays for mandatory operator assistance, added security features and commissions to the state.

6.   Sophisticated call centre technology provides remote operator assistance to help manage advanced financial transactions and answer consumer questions.

7.   The companies had no telephone listings, according to operator assistance.