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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

“So even though the old technology hasn’t gone away, the logic of mobile telephony exists across our entire society today, even for people who still have landlines.”

From Seattle Times • Feb. 23, 2024

“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 collapse was caused by a software malfunction when the company was carrying out maintenance work on its telephony platform for business customers, he said.

From Reuters • Jul. 14, 2021

For wireless telephony what is wanted is a continuous uninterrupted train of waves, such as those from the "Poulsen arc," and a receiver of the magnetic type.

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