telephony

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  1. noun The transmission of sound between distant stations, especially by radio or telephone.
  2. noun The technology and manufacture of telephone equipment.

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  • The whole history of telephony is a story of dealing with that uncertainty. —  Charles Leadbeater on innovation
  • With telephony, a few people who would normally have a conference call can enrich the experience through a video chat. —  silicon.com :
  • IP telephony is a natural ingredient for services integration. —  VoIP News - Making VoIP Connections
  • This is an interesting development as it takes the network operator well away from providing telephony, and makes switching operators all the more difficult - the idea being to produce a sufficient reduction in churn to pay for the application. —  The Register
  • Of the customers who do want more features than just simple telephony, the most requested option is a cameraphone, followed by text messaging, Rubin said in another recent study. nature of addiction articles. —  Power and Control
 

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/ˈtɛləfoʊni/
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