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Last Call Return, commonly called '''Call Return''', is a Telephone Feature Code offered by Telephone Service Provider s to give a Called Party the time and Telephone Number of the last received Call , and may also offer the facility to place a call back to the Calling Party .

The access number for this facility varies per country and provider:
  • Canada and US: star code ---69 (''---66'' in some markets); '''1169''' (''1166'' in some markets) on Rotary Phone / Pulse Dial telephones.

  • UK: 1471 (also used in Gibraltar and Ireland )

  • Australia: ---10# ('''---69''' on Optus HFC Telephony)

  • France: 3131


In the UK, after dialing "1471", the caller can press "3" to automatically return the call. Until August 2004 , this service was free; since that date it has incurred a charge, as of 10 January 2007 a per call fee of 7.5 Pence is charged.

The service provider may also offer a facility through which the calling party can prevent their number being revealed to the called party, either permanently or on a per-call basis. This is achieved by prefixing the dialed number with:

  • UK: 141

  • US: ---67

  • Australia: 1831


Conversely, to send the caller number on a line where the number is normally withheld, the following prefixes can be dialled:

  • UK: 1470 (also used in Gibraltar)

  • Ireland: 142

  • US: ---82


In Ireland and Gibraltar, ex-directory or unlisted numbers are withheld by default.

Many companies withhold their direct-line numbers when calling out, or mask them with a generic switchboard number, and in many Government Agencies it is a Disciplinary Offense to make a direct-line number available in this way.

In Canada , the feature is commonly marketed by telephone companies as a combination of two features:
  • Call Again, a form of Automatic Ring Back , allows a caller, on reaching a busy signal, to hang up, dial a special code, and be called back automatically when the called number is no longer busy, usually with a limit of 30 minutes.

  • Call Return allows a customer to dial a code that identifies the last incoming call. On some types of central office equipment, it announces the number and offers the call-back option; on others, it simply attempts a connection without an announcement.




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