Encyclopedia - Telephone: Encyclopedia - Telephone
The telephone or phone (Greek: tele = far away and phone = voice) is a telecommunications device which is used to transmit and receive so...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Telephone: Encyclopedia Ii - Telephone - Introduction
There are four principal means by which an end user using a telephone handset may connect to a telephone network: a traditional fixed pho...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Telephone: Encyclopedia Ii - Telephone - History
The very early history of the telephone is a confusing morass of claim and counterclaim, which was not clarified by the huge mass of laws...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Communications In Mexico: Encyclopedia Ii - Communications In Mexico - Telephone
Telephones - main lines in use: 17.1 million (2005/03) Telephones - mobile cellular: 40.9 million (2005/03) "Source: INEGI" Telephone sys...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Communications In Japan: Encyclopedia Ii - Communications In Japan - Telephone
Telephones - main lines in use: 60.3 million (1997) Telephones - mobile cellular: 88.1 million (July 2004) Telephone system: excellent do...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Communications In The United States: Encyclopedia Ii - Communications In The United States - Telephone
Telephones - main lines in use: 178 million (1999) Telephones - mobile cellular: 55.312 million (1997) Telephone system: domestic: a larg...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 610 Telephone: Encyclopedia - 610 Telephone
When speaking of telephones, 610 refers to the standard type of two-wire wall socket and plug used for telephones in Australia. The 610 c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cordless Telephone: Encyclopedia - Cordless Telephone
Please remove this notice after the article has been expanded. Details are on this talk page or at Wikipedia:Requests for expansion. A c...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Communications In Ireland: Encyclopedia Ii - Communications In Ireland - Telephone
Telephone system domestic: digital system using cable and microwave radio relay international: satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Communications In Iran: Encyclopedia Ii - Communications In Iran - Telephone
Inadequate but currently being modernized and expanded with the goal of not only improving the efficiency and increasing the volume of th...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Communications In The Netherlands: Encyclopedia Ii - Communications In The Netherlands - Telephone
Telephones - main lines in use: 10.0 million (2002) Telephones - mobile cellular subscribers: 12.1 million (2002) Telephone system: gener...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Call For Help: Encyclopedia Ii - Call For Help - Telephone
With any telephone, wired or wireless, anywhere in the world, one can call an emergency telephone number for emergency assistance. These ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Communications In South Africa: Encyclopedia Ii - Communications In South Africa - Telephone
Telephones - main lines in use: 4.844 million(2002) over 5 million (2001) Telephones - mobile cellular: 18.0 million (2004) provided b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Telephone Numbering Plan: Encyclopedia - Telephone Numbering Plan
A telephone numbering plan is a system that allows subscribers to make and receive telephone calls across long distances. The area code i...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Bell Telephone Company: Encyclopedia - Bell Telephone Company
Bell Telephone Company can refer to: The Bell System, a name formerly given to AT&T. Bell Canada Other related archivesAT&T, B...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Argentine Telephone Numbering Plan: Encyclopedia - Argentine Telephone Numbering Plan
Argentina made major changes to its telephone numbering plan in 1999, after its telephone system was privatized. This page describes the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uk Telephone Numbering Plan: Encyclopedia - Uk Telephone Numbering Plan
The UK telephone numbering plan, also known as the National Numbering Plan, is regulated by the Office of Communications (Ofcom), which r...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Wide Area Telephone Service: Encyclopedia - Wide Area Telephone Service
In U.S. telecommunications, a Wide Area Telephone Service (WATS) is a toll service offering for customer dial-type telecommunications bet...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Telephone Booth: Encyclopedia Ii - Telephone Booth - The Telephone Booth In Culture
The concept of the telephone booth is a useful metaphor in storytelling. In Stanley Kubrick's 1968 movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, a scienti...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Telephone Directory: Encyclopedia Ii - Telephone Directory - Publication
Telephone directories can be published in hard copy or in electronic form. In the latter case, the directory can be provided as an online...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Telephone Number: Encyclopedia Ii - Telephone Number - History
After Philipp Reis invented the "Telephon" in 1863, [1] Alexander Graham Bell patented the Telephone, an improved version of Reis's fairl...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Telephone Directory: Encyclopedia Ii - Telephone Directory - Content
Subscriber names are generally listed in alphabetical order, together with their postal or street address and telephone number. Every sub...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cordless Telephone: Encyclopedia Ii - Cordless Telephone - Frequencies
In the United States, there are six frequency bands that have been allocated by the Federal Communications Commission for use by cordless...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Telephone Game: Encyclopedia Ii - Telephone Game - Purpose
The game has no objective, and no winner - the entertainment comes from comparing the original and final messages. Even if the line is no...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cordless Telephone: Encyclopedia Ii - Cordless Telephone - Performance
Communication companies usually advertise that higher frequency systems improve audio quality and range, though this is an oversimplifica...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Cordless Telephone: Encyclopedia Ii - Cordless Telephone - Security
Many analog phones are easily picked up by radio scanners, allowing anyone within range to listen in on conversations (though this is ill...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Telephone Game: Encyclopedia Ii - Telephone Game - Purpose
The game has no objective, and no winner - the entertainment comes from comparing the original and final messages. Even if the line is no...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Surveillance: Encyclopedia Ii - Surveillance - Telephones And Mobile Telephones
The official and unofficial tapping of telephone lines is widespread. The contracts or licenses by which the state controls telephone com...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Telephone Call: Encyclopedia Ii - Telephone Call - Information Transmission
A telephone call may consist of an ordinary voice transmission using a telephone, a data transmission when the calling party and called p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Telephone Tapping: Encyclopedia Ii - Telephone Tapping - Legal Status
Telephone tapping is officially strictly controlled in many countries to safeguard an individual's privacy; this is the case in all devel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Telephone Directory: Encyclopedia Ii - Telephone Directory - Reverse Directories
A reverse directory, or criss-cross directory, is a telephone directory in which the entries are in order by address (first by city, then...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Telephone Tapping: Encyclopedia Ii - Telephone Tapping - Wiretapping Methods
Telephone tapping - The official tapping of telephone lines. The contracts or licenses by which the state controls telephone companies ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Telephone Tapping: Encyclopedia Ii - Telephone Tapping - Wiretapping Methods
Telephone tapping - The official tapping of telephone lines. The contracts or licenses by which the state controls telephone companies ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Telephone Tapping: Encyclopedia Ii - Telephone Tapping - Legal Status
Telephone tapping is officially strictly controlled in many countries to safeguard an individual's privacy; this is the case in all devel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Telephone Booth: Encyclopedia Ii - Telephone Booth - Recent Developments
The increasing use of cellular phones has led to a decreased demand for pay telephones, but the increasing use of portable computers is l...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Telephone Numbers In The Netherlands: Encyclopedia Ii - Telephone Numbers In The Netherlands - Notation
Dutch geographic codes consist of 10 digits. The area code consists of 3 or 4 digits (depending on the size of the area, larger areas hav...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Telephone Game: Encyclopedia Ii - Telephone Game - How To Play
As many players as possible line up such that they can whisper to their immediate neighbours but not hear any players further away. The p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Telephone Game: Encyclopedia Ii - Telephone Game - How To Play
As many players as possible line up such that they can whisper to their immediate neighbours but not hear any players further away. The p...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Landline: Encyclopedia Ii - Landline - Fixed Telephones
A landline or main line is a telephone line which travels through a physical, land-based medium. This is distinguished from a mobile cell...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Telephone Numbering Plan: Encyclopedia Ii - Telephone Numbering Plan - Open Dialing Plans
An open dialing plan is one in which there are different dialing arrangements for local and long distance telephone calls. This means tha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Telephone Numbering Plan: Encyclopedia Ii - Telephone Numbering Plan - Closed Dialing Plans
A closed numbering plan is one in which the subscriber's number is a standard length, and a closed dialing plan is one in which the subsc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emergency Telephone Number: Encyclopedia Ii - Emergency Telephone Number - Emergency Numbers And Mobile/wireless/cellular Telephones
The GSM mobile phone standard includes 112 as an emergency number, no matter what other local emergency number are applicable. This is va...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Communications In Azerbaijan: Encyclopedia Ii - Communications In Azerbaijan - Telephones
Telephones - main lines in use: 640,000 (1995) Telephones - mobile cellular: 6,000 (1995) Telephone system: Azerbaijan's telephone system...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emergency Telephone Number: Encyclopedia Ii - Emergency Telephone Number - Configuration And Operation
The emergency telephone number is a special case in the country's telephone number plan. In the past, calls to the emergency telephone nu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Telephone Numbering Plan: Encyclopedia Ii - Telephone Numbering Plan - Open Dialing Plans
An open dialing plan is one in which there are different dialing arrangements for local and long distance telephone calls. This means tha...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Telephone Numbering Plan: Encyclopedia Ii - Telephone Numbering Plan - Closed Dialing Plans
A closed numbering plan is one in which the subscriber's number is a standard length, and a closed dialing plan is one in which the subsc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Telephone Operating Companies: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Telephone Operating Companies - Ireland Republic Of
List of telephone operating companies - Fixed Line. Eircom (previously Telecom Éireann) Esat BT List of telephone operating compani...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Telephone Operating Companies: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Telephone Operating Companies - Israel
List of telephone operating companies - Fixed Line. Bezeq List of telephone operating companies - Mobile Operators. Cellcom Mirs O...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Telephone Operating Companies: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Telephone Operating Companies - Romania
List of telephone operating companies - Fixed Line. Astral Telecom Romtelecom List of telephone operating companies - Mobile Operato...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Telephone Operating Companies: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Telephone Operating Companies - Slovakia
List of telephone operating companies - Fixed Line. Slovak Telecom List of telephone operating companies - Mobile Operators. Orang...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - List Of Telephone Operating Companies: Encyclopedia Ii - List Of Telephone Operating Companies - Sweden
List of telephone operating companies - Fixed line. Telia Tele2 Glocalnet Universal Telecom Optimal Telekom Rix Telekom Telenor Vatten...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Communications In Singapore: Encyclopedia Ii - Communications In Singapore - Telephones
Telephones - main lines in use: 54.6 million (including 46.62 million that serve facsimile machines, computers, and other communication d...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emergency Telephone Number: Encyclopedia Ii - Emergency Telephone Number - Use Of Emergency Numbers
The number is intended to be used only in an emergency. For routine and non-urgent enquiries emergency services generally provide traditi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - China Telephone Numbering Plan: Encyclopedia Ii - China Telephone Numbering Plan - Area 9
These are area codes for northwestern regions including the provinces of Shaanxi, Gansu and Qinghai, as well as the autonomous regions of...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - China Telephone Numbering Plan: Encyclopedia Ii - China Telephone Numbering Plan - Area 3
These are area codes for the provinces of Hebei, Shanxi and Henan. China telephone numbering plan - Hebei. Handan -- 310 Shijiazhuang ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - China Telephone Numbering Plan: Encyclopedia Ii - China Telephone Numbering Plan - Area 4
These are area codes for the autonomous region of Inner Mongolia, and the provinces in Northeast China (Liaoning, Jilin, and Heilongjiang...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Vonage: Encyclopedia Ii - Vonage - Telephone Number Availability
Subscribers are permitted to choose any number for their primary line in the country the service they subscribe to. Whether it be Vonage ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emergency Telephone Number: Encyclopedia Ii - Emergency Telephone Number - History Of Emergency Services Numbers
The first emergency number system to be deployed was in London, United Kingdom on June 30, 1937. When 999 was dialed, a buzzer sounded an...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - China Telephone Numbering Plan: Encyclopedia Ii - China Telephone Numbering Plan - Emergency Numbers
From within Mainland China, the following emergency numbers are used: 110, for Police 120, for Ambulance 119, for Fire (to be completed...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - China Telephone Numbering Plan: Encyclopedia Ii - China Telephone Numbering Plan - Others
From within Mainland China, the following special numbers are used: 114, for Directory 12117, for Time 12121, for Weather (to be comple...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - China Telephone Numbering Plan: Encyclopedia Ii - China Telephone Numbering Plan - International Access Code
The international access code from the PRC is 00. This must also be used for calls to Hong Kong and Macau from the mainland, together wit...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Emergency Telephone Number: Encyclopedia Ii - Emergency Telephone Number - Emergency Numbers By Region
There is no world-wide emergency number. Emergency telephone number - Africa. Chad: Fire: 18, Police: 17 Djibouti: Fire: 18, Police: 1...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uk Telephone Numbering Plan: Encyclopedia Ii - Uk Telephone Numbering Plan - History
The telephone service in the United Kingdom was originally provided by private companies and local councils. But by 1912–13 [1] all exc...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - China Telephone Numbering Plan: Encyclopedia Ii - China Telephone Numbering Plan - Area 6
China telephone numbering plan - Taiwan proposed use. The People's Republic of China generally reserves Area 6 for Taiwan, which it cla...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - China Telephone Numbering Plan: Encyclopedia Ii - China Telephone Numbering Plan - Area 5
These are area codes for the provinces of Jiangsu, Shandong (predominantly), Anhui, Zhejiang and Fujian. China telephone numbering plan ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - China Telephone Numbering Plan: Encyclopedia Ii - China Telephone Numbering Plan - Area 7
These are area codes for the provinces of Hubei, Hunan, Guangdong (predominantly), Jiangxi, and the autonomous region of Guangxi. China ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Prefix: Encyclopedia Ii - Prefix - Telephone Prefixes
A telephone prefix is the first set of digits of telephone number; in the North American Numbering Plan countries (country code 1), it is...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uk Telephone Numbering Plan: Encyclopedia Ii - Uk Telephone Numbering Plan - Format
Following the changes in 1995, 2000 and 2001, the numbering range in use is as follows. Note that the initial '0' of a telephone number (...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Telephone Number Portability: Encyclopedia Ii - Telephone Number Portability - National Status
The world's first country to introduce number portability for mobile telephones was Singapore in 1997. In the United States, the FCC has ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uk Telephone Numbering Plan: Encyclopedia Ii - Uk Telephone Numbering Plan - Number Shortage
With growth in second phone lines, direct dial-in (DDI) lines, fax machines and multiple telecoms operators during the 1980s the demand f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uk Telephone Numbering Plan: Encyclopedia Ii - Uk Telephone Numbering Plan - Crown Dependencies
The Crown Dependencies of the Channel Islands (Jersey, Guernsey etc.) and the Isle of Man are not part of the UK but, as a legacy of thei...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Uk Telephone Numbering Plan: Encyclopedia Ii - Uk Telephone Numbering Plan - Special Service Numbers
Short codes beginning with 1 are reserved for telecom service providers' own functionality; some of the most well-known are codes for use...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Australian Telephone Numbering Plan: Encyclopedia Ii - Australian Telephone Numbering Plan - International Access Codes
The main international prefix is 0011 (there are others for special purposes, such as 0018, for charging in half-hour blocks, 0015, for f...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Premium-rate Telephone Number: Encyclopedia Ii - Premium-rate Telephone Number - Europe
In the United Kingdom, any telephone number starting 09 is charged at premium rates, in a similar fashion to a 900 number in North Americ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Australian Telephone Numbering Plan: Encyclopedia Ii - Australian Telephone Numbering Plan - Emergency Services Number
000 is the emergency telephone number in Australia, but the international GSM mobile emergency telephone number 112 also works on mobile ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company: Encyclopedia Ii - Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company - History
PLDT was established on November 28, 1928, by an Act of the Philippine Legislature. Known as Act 3436, the bill granted PLDT a 50-year ch...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Premium-rate Telephone Number: Encyclopedia Ii - Premium-rate Telephone Number - North America
A 1-900 telephone number, in the North American Numbering Plan, usually has the form 1-900-###-####, as is often called a 900 number or a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Australian Telephone Numbering Plan: Encyclopedia Ii - Australian Telephone Numbering Plan - Present Numbering Plan
Australia is now divided geographically into a few large area codes, some of which cover more than one state and territory. The standard ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Director Telephone System: Encyclopedia Ii - Director Telephone System - Calls From Ireland
Until 1992, calls to these cities from Ireland were made using the following codes: 031 London 032 Birmingham 033 Edinburgh 034 Glasgow ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Australian Telephone Numbering Plan: Encyclopedia Ii - Australian Telephone Numbering Plan - Previous Numbering Plan
Prior to reorganisation, the Australian numbering plan was as follows: 00z xxx xxx Tasmania (z=2, 3, 4) 0055 xx xxx Premium rate 008 xxx...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Public Switched Telephone Network: Encyclopedia Ii - Public Switched Telephone Network - Technology Overview
Although the network was created using analog voice connections through manual switchboards, automated telephone exchanges replaced most ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Key Telephone System: Encyclopedia Ii - Key Telephone System - Electronic Shared-control Systems
With the advent of LSI ICs, the same architecture could be implemented much less expensively than was possible using relays. In addition,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 555 Telephone Number: Encyclopedia Ii - 555 Telephone Number - Fictitious Phone Numbers
The phone company began encouraging the producers of television shows and movies to use the 555 prefix for fictional telephone numbers. I...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - South African Telephone Numbering Plan: Encyclopedia Ii - South African Telephone Numbering Plan - Other Codes
... See also:South African Telephone Numbering Plan, South African Telephone Numbering Plan - Other codes, South African Telephone Nu...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Public Switched Telephone Network: Encyclopedia Ii - Public Switched Telephone Network - Architecture And Context
The PSTN was the earliest example of traffic engineering to deliver Quality of Service guarantees. A.K. Erlang (1878-1929) is credited wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - China Telephone Numbering Plan: Encyclopedia Ii - China Telephone Numbering Plan - Area 8
These are area codes for the provinces of Sichuan, Hainan, Guizhou, Yunnan (predominantly) and the autonomous region of Tibet. China tel...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - 555 Telephone Number: Encyclopedia Ii - 555 Telephone Number - Fictitious Domain Names
A related situation is that of the use of domain names in television programs and other popular media: some production companies register...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company: Encyclopedia Ii - Philippine Long Distance Telephone Company - Subsidiaries And Affiliates
PLDT is divided into the following subsidiaries and affiliates, which are divided by the categories PLDT divides itself by. The following...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Telephone Game: Encyclopedia Ii - Telephone Game - Examples
A possible sentence that will help people get started with this game could be, "Johnny can you please pick up the pencil that you dropped...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dream Interpretation Telephone: Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Telephone
  Telephone To dream of a telephone, foretells you will meet strangers who will harass and bewilder you in your affairs. For a ...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dream Dictionary Telephone: Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Telephone
  Telephone 1. Telephone calls from a specific person, living or dead, implies a telepathic message from that person. If the pers...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Dream Interpreation Telephone: Dream Interpretations Dictionary - Telephone
  Dream Interpretation Telephone The telephone dreams usually reflects your personal relationships and your contact with uncons...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Feist Publications V. Rural Telephone Service: Encyclopedia Ii - Feist Publications V. Rural Telephone Service - Background
Rural Telephone Service Company, Inc. was a telephone provider for areas in north-west Kansas. The company was under a statutory obligati...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Telephone Game: Encyclopedia Ii - Telephone Game - Examples
A possible sentence that will help people get started with this game could be, "Johnny can you please pick up the pencil that you dropped...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Key Telephone System: Encyclopedia Ii - Key Telephone System - Electromechanical Shared-control Key Systems
Before the advent of large-scale integrated circuits, key systems were typically built out of the same electromechanical components (rela...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Meaning Of Dreams About Telephone: Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Telephone
  Telephone In our dreams the telephone could be a symbol with which we are expressing a desire to communicate with ourselves and...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Telephone Dream Symbol: Dreams Interpretation Dictionary - Telephone
Telephone Dream Symbols: A symbol of communication. There may be a message waiting for you, or your dream could be telling you to list...   » Read the article

Dictionary - Telephone Dreams Symbol: Christian Dream Interpretation Dictionary - Telephone
Telephone: Intercession; Godly counsel; ungodly speaking; bearing false witness against someone; enemy's voice; dead line: miscommunic...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Telephone: Encyclopedia Ii - Telephone - Voip Telephony
Also known as Internet telephony or Voice over IP (VoIP), digital telephony is a disruptive technology that is rapidly replacing traditio...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Telephone: Encyclopedia Ii - Telephone - Wireless Phone Systems
While the term "wireless" means radio and can refer to any telephone that uses radio waves it is primarily used for cell phones. In the U...   » Read the article