It is maintained only so that an attached phone can dial the emergency telephone number (such as 9-1-1 or 1-1-2), in compliance with the law in most places.

They could be standing there holding a phone with the police emergency number already dialed.

Bolan tapped out the memory code; the phone automatically dialed through to a "clean," unlisted number.

She found the phone, used information to get Elton's number, then dialed it.

The phone will automatically dial the number of a local taxi firm.

Michael put down the phone waited a few seconds and dialed again.

As of November 2011, no mobile phones can dial into or out of the country, and there's also no Internet connection.

He turned the phone around under the harsh gaze of the Supreme Court justice, picked it up and dialed.

In a hands-free mobile phone dialing application, which person's name was spoken, given various properties of the speech signal?

After my 1 year old son pressed some of the buttons on the handset and base, I find that the phone is dialing in pulse mode.