telephone system

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telephone system - a communication system that transmits sound between distant points

transmission line, cable, line - a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power

central, telephone exchange, exchange - a workplace that serves as a telecommunications facility where lines from telephones can be connected together to permit communication

communication system - a system for communicating

MEDLINE - the computer-based telephone system of the United States National Library of Medicine that provides rapid linkage to MEDLARS

patchboard, plugboard, switchboard - telephone central where circuits are completed with patchcords

phone, telephone, telephone set - electronic equipment that converts sound into electrical signals that can be transmitted over distances and then converts received signals back into sounds; "I talked to him on the telephone"

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In addition to the wireless, we have a small telephone system in Sari.

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The Namibian Correctional Services on Wednesday, launched a Telio Telephone system for offenders at the Windhoek facility which will allow inmates to make phone calls to their families and friends when they need to.

NCS launches telephone system for offenders

Louis area, since 2001, Clarus Communications provides Business Telephone Systems, including Digital Phone Systems, VoIP Phone Systems, Hosted PBX Systems, IP Phone Systems, Call Center Systems, Used Telephone Equipment and Telephone System Repair.

Clarus, Zultys form strategic partnership

Mike Odysseas, Managing Director of Odyssey Systems, says Odyssey's business telephone system makes it possible for staff members to have extensions at home linked to the office phone system, or calls can be transferred through the system to their mobile.

Call to embrace technology as firms face flexible working legislation

Exploding the Phone: The Untold Story of the Teenagers and Outlaws Who Hacked Ma Bell provides a lively survey of the tinkerers and pranksters who turned AT&T's telephone system into a joke.

Exploding the Phone

Hackers gain access to a business' internal telephone system by dialling into the voicemail and creating a call divert to a premium rate number.

Warning over phone hacking

The nature of the attack was the theft of telephone carrier time which in this short period of time amounted to over 1000 international calls being made through the business's telephone system.

TIM4biz Prevents Telephone Hacking Hitting West Australian Businesses Hard

This advanced telephone system operates on a wireless 4G network or even a simple DSL connection.

VDO-PH Launches of Digital Voice/HD Video Software

A national poll for the emergency telephone system with a single European number, 112, has reporter that young people in the age group between 18-29 and employed and active people in the age between 40 and 49 are informed the most about the purpose of emergency number.

Half of Bulgarians Ignorant about Emergency Number 112

Netplan Internet Solutions, in Siskin Parkway East, at Middlemarch Business Park, has used broadband technology to create Netplan Telecom - a business telephone system that uses the internet to send and receive telephone calls as an alternative to traditional systems.

Firm's new technology slashes phone bills

On checking today, when I did eventually get through to a real person, it transpired that the answerphone message had not been received, and the problems were "a new telephone system!" Perhaps less should be spent on the pounds 100,000+ salaries for the directors of the hospital trusts and the other superfluous administration staff created by the Labour administration, and more on installing effective and reliable telephone systems.