Many sources say it is because # is the sign sometimes used after a number to represent pound as a measure of weight (more commonly expressed as lb).
the pound key on a telephone keyboard is called 'dièse' in French because it resembles the musical mark of the same name (in English: sharp sign). Pronounciation: 'dee-az'
Underneath the 9. It looks like this: #
no
You don't enter area codes with the pound key on the keyboard. Doing so will cause your call to fail. You can use the pound key on the telephone keypad on a landline to signal the telephone switch that you have dialed the complete number and the switch should not wait to see if more digits are coming. On a call within North America, where the numbers are all of a fixed length, this has little or no effect, but on an international call where the length of the number can vary, it may save several seconds. There are also some optional services from the telephone company that may use the pound key on the telephone keypad.
Depending on what keyboard layout you have and what you mean by pound sign it is probably on the 3 key when used with either the shift key or Alt key. £ (UK pound ) or # (US pound)
the pound key is the #!
It would depend on the size of the telephone box, but probably not.
http://www.ablecomm.com/telter.html * KTS is the abbreviation for Key Telephone System, often called just a Key System. * The heart (or brain) of a KTS is its KSU (Key Service Unit). Some telecom newbies say Key System Unit. Computer guys often call it a Central Processing Unit, or CPU. Old telecom guys call it a switch. Cardiologists call it a heart. Neurosurgeons call it a brain. * An individual module inside a KSU used to be called a KTU (Key Telephone Unit), but this term is disappearing.
The Electronic Key Telephone System offered most of the features of a PBX, especially the hybrid version
The telephone earpiece on a phone is called a headset.
yes
Telephone is called doorbhash in hindi.