Changes: Pacific Bell (company)

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Pacific Bell was a telephone company operating in California, Earth in the late 20th century.

In 1986, the company published a register called Yellow Pages, which listed all businesses and government entities in a certain area. An advertisement for this was seen by Scotty, Sulu, and McCoy in San Francisco. (Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home)

This is one of the few examples of product placement in the Star Trek franchise.

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+[[File:Pacific Bell Yellow Pages.jpg|thumb|A Pacific Bell ad]]
-'''Pacific Bell''' was a [[telephone]] company operating in [[California]], [[Earth]] in the late [[20th century]].
+[[File:Pacific Bell payphone.jpg|thumb|A Pacific Bell payphone]]
+'''Pacific Bell''' was a [[telephone]] company operating in [[California]], [[Earth]] in the late [[20th century]].
-In [[1986]], the company published a register called ''Yellow Pages'', which listed all businesses in a certain area. An advertisement for this was seen by [[Montgomery Scott|Scott]], [[Hikaru Sulu|Sulu]] and [[Leonard McCoy|McCoy]] in [[San Francisco]]. They then used the Yellow Pages to search for a firm which could produce [[transparent aluminum]] and found [[Plexicorp]]. (''[[Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home]]'')
+In [[1986]], the company published a register called ''[[Yellow Pages]]'', which listed all businesses and government entities in a certain area. An advertisement for this was seen by [[Montgomery Scott|Scotty]], [[Hikaru Sulu|Sulu]], and [[Leonard McCoy|McCoy]] in [[San Francisco]]. ({{film|4}})
+{{bginfo|This is one of the few examples of [[product placement]] in the ''[[Star Trek]]'' franchise.}}
+==External link==
+* {{wikipedia}}
+[[fr:Pacific Bell]]
+[[de:Pacific Bell]]
 [[Category:Earth establishments]]