An automatic number announcement circuit (ANAC) is a special telephone number that is meant to be used by phone company technicians and other telecommunications technicians to determine the phone number of a particular line.
Calling this special number gives a pre-recorded announcement indicating the caller's own number.
The ANAC number is useful primarily during the installation of landline telephones to quickly identify one of multiple lines.
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