How does a phone know when another phone is calling them? How do they not get interrupted by other phone signals?

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Answer 1

Each phone number is unique. When a call is placed to that unique number it goes to that number. Other calls being placed simultaneously go to the unique numbers that are being called. So basically the phone number is what tells the call where to go