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telephony

[tuh-lef-uh-nee] / təˈlɛf ə ni /


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Las Vegas: IBM unveiled a device that merged telephony and computing in 1992 at a Las Vegas trade show, previewing the coming mobile era.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026

For Luis, the outwardly dull telephony work has provided the anchor he needs to stay out of crime, something he says ex-gang members he knows in the US struggle with.

From BBC ● Apr. 30, 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

In telephony, while every effort has been made to simplify the component parts of the system, the system itself has ever developed from the simple toward the complex.

From Cyclopedia of Telephony and Telegraphy, Vol. 2 A General Reference Work on Telephony, etc. etc. by Samuel McMeen


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