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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

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

Simplex and composite circuits are arrangements of wires whereby telephony and telegraphy can take place at the same time over the same wires without interference.

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




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