Whitepages came alive shortly after the 1876 invention of the phone by
Alexander Graham Bell
They
are edited by many different Telecommunication companies
often
linked to a long and fascinating Post and Telephone History.
First printed on white paper they are now online.
Whitepages.com.au from Australia were the very first ones to get on the web in 1994
followed by
Whitepages.co.nz from New Zealand.
Whitepages.fr from France were path setters for many other countries
starting with
Whitepages.com.br for Brazil.
more Whitepages from many different countries ...