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As work communication migrates to mobile devices, desk phones hang up for good

by Meghan McCarty Carino
Apr 29, 2024
Barely a quarter of U.S. adults continue to own landlines. But wireless at work and home means you're always tethered to both.
Work has increasingly shifted off the desk, but mobile technology tethers us to our jobs wherever we are.
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Want a 212 area code? It's gonna cost you.

by Marielle Segarra
Jun 12, 2017
As New York City adds a new number, the after-market 212 is thriving.
 (L to R) Sameer Uddin and Michelle Macias use their smartphones outside of the Nintendo store in New York City. 
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