telephony

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

From Los Angeles Times • May 20, 2022

This cycle, MCI provided custom software and telephony services to the campaign.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 4, 2020

The era of commercial telephony began when Thomas Edison, who had invented the phonograph just a year prior, telephoned from his home in Menlo Park, New Jersey, to Philadelphia in 1878.

From Slate • Aug. 21, 2019

The European Commission said it was concerned some rivals might be shut out of the Czech market where Vodafone offers mainly mobile telephony services and Liberty Global offers fixed telecoms services.

From Reuters • Dec. 11, 2018

Some enthusiasts have expressed their belief that telephony to any distance by induction through the air is possible.

From The inventions, researches and writings of Nikola Tesla With special reference to his work in polyphase currents and high potential lighting by Martin, Thomas Commerford