However, most call centers are ill-prepared to pick up the ball from a failed mobile transaction.
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The telephone-equipment companies want voice dialling (useful in cars), automatic call-centres, computerised operator-services and messaging that allows users to pick up and send e-mails and faxes on an ordinary telephone anywhere in the world.
"If I were a plan participant and I was planning to take a lump sum, I would pick up the phone and call H-R and ask about the plan funding status, " says Andrew Wozniak, an actuary at BNY Mellon Asset Management, which manages investments for dozens of large company pension plans.
The cruise ship Orion was on its way back from the Antarctic when it answered the distress call, making a 50-hour diversion to pick him up.
Rather than hitting a small button to answer or initiate a call--as you would with a Bluetooth headset--the Cord Free is ready whenever you pick it up from its base.
If your wedding is called off after the invitations are mailed and time is running short before the planned date, then you--or a friend or a family member--must pick up the phone and call each guest to inform them of the cancellation.
Sobczak suggests that you set action-oriented goals before you ever pick up the phone to call the prospective client.
Councils are also not allowed to impose a call-out fee if rubbish collectors arrive at a property but are unable for some reason to pick up the waste at that time.
Last month's attendance figures were poorer than expected and critics said if they did not pick up significantly NMEC would face financial difficulties and be forced to call on the government for a hand-out.
For incoming calls, the HD-VOICE announces the name of the caller and users say 'OK' to pick up the call.
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