Missed call

Put the anklingeln or rare sound of a bell or give a phone in Switzerland, colloquially ( in publications on Africa are also foreign-language terms such as beeping, flashing, or miskin bipage common) is a method of communication for phones. It uses a gap in the remuneration system of the telephone companies, where a caller is prompted to avoid call charges to the receiving party by a single- or multiple rings to recall or take other actions. The technical aspects of the Anklingelns are analogous to those of the construction of a phone call, but the connection is broken deliberately after a short ringing.

Anklingeln using the CLIP function

The caller dials the number you wish to call, waits for the call and then hangs up immediately. The called party can see at the screen of his phone with Caller ID function number and possibly the name of the caller. Then, the called party can return the call. In this way, the originally called party bears the cost of the call. Thus, this variant has a similarity to R- talks. Since nearly all the phones with caller function stores a list of missed calls, anklingeln can also be useful when the called party is not in range of the phone. If that happens under anklingeln sending a number of value-added service, we speak of a Lockanruf or Pinganruf.

Anklingeln with the use of agreed codes

In this variant of Anklingelns call charges are completely avoided. They agreed codes by which an agreed number of rings either passive information (eg, "I have arrived healthy at home. " ) Or appeals (eg, " Get me off!" ) Can transmit. For technical reasons, the use of codes and Morse characters is more uncertain than the benefit of the caller function.

Anklingeln at flat rates

With the introduction of flat rates in telephony, arises only if a benefit from this behavior when the Anklingelnde has no flat rate.

Of particular importance in developing and emerging countries

While this form of communication, though spread worldwide, forming regions with large income disparities, particularly India and African countries, focal points. To redistribute call charges on socially equitable manner, usually pays the Wealthier, unless this is clearly spelled out. This meant that about 40 % of the use of public payphones in Uganda, Botswana and Ghana take place in this way. As a countermeasure go some telephone service providers in Africa to over, offer your own services, which (at a fraction of the cost of a normal SMS) to inform the recipient to call back.

Paid services not reachable

While in Africa services that have been established to inform the called party of the recall request, since 2005, various mobile operators also provide cost not incurred connections into account. This is done in Germany on a vacation notice by SMS or direct calculation of the link that has been not. According to a judgment of the District Court Ulm in July 2006 charging the expenses for non-availability announcements is prohibited. The service providers set this practice then, however, not one. The benefits of Anklingelns is therefore restricted to such services in Germany.

Others

In the episode " When ringing murder " from the series Police 110 is the anklingeln important key of the plot.

The Filipino word for anklingeln, " miskol " ( from the English "missed call" derived ), was elected at a meeting of linguists at the University of the Philippines, Diliman word of the year 2007, the Philippines.