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telephony

[tuh-lef-uh-nee] / təˈlɛf ə ni /


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Also applied by Norway and Denmark, it considers national infrastructure such as the internet and telephony, energy generation and distribution, road networks, and secure supplies of food, medicine as parts of a total defence system.

From BBC • Mar. 5, 2025

We jumped directly from human operators to something called the panel switch, a near-miracle of telephony in the 1910s and ’20s.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 26, 2024

That breakup has been credited with a host of innovations in telephony.

From Reuters • Jan. 26, 2023

“Legacy” networks that transmit calls the way they did before the internet revolutionized telephony aren’t covered.

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2022

The actual production of waves by electrical means was experimentally demonstrated by Sir Oliver Lodge, and more completely by Heinrich Hertz, and is now a commonplace of wireless telegraphy and telephony.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 3: Estremoz to Felspar by Various




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