Telecom orders silently fail to be placed despite confirmation
A new telecom customer requested a specific phone number area code, was told a replacement SIM was being shipped, but the order was never actually submitted internally, and the failure was only discovered when the customer proactively followed up, resulting in cancellation of all services.
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