Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to the transmission of electromagnetic signals through wires.
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- noun telecommunications A
landline - noun oil industry A
wire that runs from adrill rig down into the drill hole to support a deadload or otherdownhole tool
Etymologies
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Examples
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Mobile dominates the future plans of both telcos and cablecos, for the telcos view the year-over-year declines in wireline experienced since 2000 as permanent, and the cablecos are offering their digital phone plans to the same shrinking pool of customers.
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(Whether they can actually save wireline is far from certain, though.)
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HD finally gives customers of AT&T and other telcos a reason to retain wireline connections, for while the somewhat better voice quality associated with wireline already provides some resistance to cord-cutting, HD yields wireline telephone calls that sound dramatically better.
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So to sum it up, cable is gaining market share in wireline voice (Comcast is already the 4th largest voice telephone co. in the U.S.) & broadband (while holding on well to their video customers), and they are rolling out new services while not needing to spend billions of dollars on new network technologies and buildouts.
A Bear Speaks: Why Verizon’s Pricey FiOS Bet Won’t Pay Off - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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The reality is that both companies face the same challenge: having to offset sharply eroding revenues and margins in "wireline" -- traditional landline business -- with growth in wireless.
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The vast majority of those workers serve as field technicians or in call centers in the so-called wireline side of the business, which has struggled as consumers have switched to cellphones and cable providers have encroached on phone-company turf by offering voice and Internet services along with television.
Verizon Pursues Tough Line on Labor Anton Troianovski 2011
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The vast majority of them serve as field technicians or in call centers in the so-called wireline side of the business.
Verizon, Union Far Apart in Talks Greg Bensinger 2011
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The US5G for the wireline is a result of the development of Gillam-FEI and that has a very large opportunity.
unknown title 2008
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The old "wireline" Internet that will be irrelevant in a few years?
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The old "wireline" Internet that will be irrelevant in a few years?
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