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Numbered Days?

By the end of this decade, New Zealanders will be given a lifelong personal telephone number from birth, according to Dr Peter Troughton, managing director of Telecom. Advanced telecommunications systems using intelligent computers and digital networks could locate a wrist-telephone anywhere in the world.

Privacy concerns aren't a particular worry to Dr Troughton. He sees these protected by a new range of Telecom services, including monitoring of in-coming calls and open lines to designated numbers only.