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In many countries, the Yellow Pages refers to a telephone directory for businesses organized by the category of product or service. As the name suggests, they are usually printed on yellow paper.
United StatesAt least until the anti-trust breakup of the Bell System in the late 20th century, the term "Yellow pages" was a trademark for commercial directories and the commercial portions of the by-commercial-category sections of directories that also include by-name listings; directories were published on behalf of the component Bell companies by the Reuben H. Donnelly publishing company. Then and since, phone companies or their agents sell the right to place advertisements within the same category, next to the basic listings; since the Bell breakup, other companies (sometimes telephone companies who provide local telephone service only in areas not covered by the directories) publish directories that compete with those of local telephone companies for advertising business. United KingdomA business telephone number directory named the Yellow Pages was first produced in 1966 by the nationalised General Post Office for the Brighton area, and was rolled out nationwide in 1973. The directory continued to be distributed to all telephone subscribers also when the General Post Office was split from the later privatised British Telecom (BT), and also when the department producing the directory became a stand alone subsidiary of BT, named Yell, in the 1990s. Yell was bought by venture capitalists in 2001, and continues distributing the directory. In 2003 Yell was floated on the Stock Exchange. After the one year 'no competition' clause expired B.T. re-entered the market with 'The Phone Book', the 'all in one' offering which contains the traditional alphabetical domestic and business listings as well as a new classified section. The Thomson Local is the main competitor in the UK. AustraliaAustralia's business directory was first published in its own volume in 1973 as the Yellow Pages. The directory was originally produced by the Postmaster General, and continued to be produced by the government, as the telephone system transferred to Telecom Australia and now Telstra. Today, the Yellow Pages is produced by Sensis, a wholly-owned advertising subsidiary of Telstra. The Yellow Pages have for many years produced some of Australia's most popular television commercials, often highlighting the perils of not placing an advertisement in the directory on time. The most famous of these immortalised the phrase "Not Happy Jan" in the Australian vernacular. In specific localised area of the Australian Capital Territory, it has been known to be used as toilet paper when there is none left in the house. Other countriesIn Belgium the equivalent directory is titled Gouden Gids (Dutch) or Pages d'Or (French), and is distributed free to each telephone subscriber. In Finland the directory is called Keltaiset sivut. In France, they are referred to as Pages Jaunes, which means "yellow pages". They are distributed free by France Télécom. In Germany a directory titled Die Gelben Seiten is distributed free to each subscriber. In Indonesia, the telecommunication company TELKOM with PT. Infomedia Nusantara (one of its subsidiaries), regularly publishes phone books. The phone book consisted of white pages and yellow pages. The phone book is updated regularly (typically every six months or a year) and is published in various editions (depending where the book is published). In Netherlands the equivalent directory is titled Gouden Gids; within the district concerned it is distributed free to each telephone subscriber.
In Sweden it's called Gula sidorna, distributed by Eniro AB. In Switzerland the company Swisscom Directories AG produces and distributes directories in several forms including internet-based yellow pages in four languages, including English. The company Swissguide AG provides additional business information on all Swiss companies. External linksNational pages
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