telephony

noun

te·le·pho·ny tə-ˈle-fə-nē

also ˈte-lə-ˌfō-

: the use or operation of an apparatus (such as a telephone) for transmission of sounds as electrical signals between widely removed points

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The evolution of mobile telephony has been a remarkable journey, marked by significant leaps in technology and a profound impact on our lives. —

Timothy Papandreou, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024 Other technologies covered by the EEA include computers and operating systems, smartphones, ATMs, ticketing systems, television and telephony services, e-books and transportation services. —

Gus Alexiou, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024 And when that occurred, video telephony became simply a software problem. —

Thomas Wiegand, IEEE Spectrum, 25 Aug. 2011 Sullivan, a video technology architect at Microsoft, began working on video telephony 20 years ago at PictureTel Corp. —

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