Vendor master "fixed-line telephone" and "standard fixed-line telephone"

Question

Hi,
Can any one pls explain what is the difference between
1) The telephone number is a fixed-line telephone and
2) The telephone number is the standard fixed-line telephone
Vendor master record
I am not able to find both the fields.
Thx
Jai

Answer 1

Dear,
As found...
This field indicates whether the phone number entered is a mobile phone number or standard phone.
Indicator: Telephone is a Mobile Telephone
This field specifies whether the telephone number is a mobile telephone number.
Input values
' ' : The telephone number is a fixed-line telephone
'1' : The telephone number is the standard fixed-line telephone
'2' : The telephone nubmer is a mobile telephone
'3' : The telephone number is the standard mobile telephone
Dependencies
Either the standard fixed-line telephone number or the standard mobile telephone number is also the standard telephone number .
In older data sets, this field may have also have the value ' ' for the standard fixed-line telephone.
Effects on Customizing
In Customizing, you can specify whether the SMS-compatible indicator is to be proposed for new mobile telephone numbers created in dialog by choosing General Settings -> Set countries -> Define Mobile Telephone Attributes for each country.
Preferred Telephone Type
For many SAP applications, you have to mark one telephone number as the standard telephone number. This can be either the standard fixed-line number or the standard mobile telephone number. This field indicates which of these numbers takes precedence.
Example
When you call a business partner, this field is used to determine whether the standard fixed-line telephone number or the standard mobile telephone number is used.
Use
Choose the value 'Telephone' if the standard fixed-line telephone number is to be the standard telephone number and 'Mobile Telephone' if the standard mobile telephone number is to be the standard telephone number.
Regards,
Syed Hussain.