Linked numbering scheme

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A linked numbering scheme (LNS) is a dialing procedure in effect in a service area within which call routing between adjacent exchanges does not require a dialing code.^{[citation needed]} The term is only used in the United Kingdom, but not in the North American Numbering Plan.^{[citation needed]}