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Telephone card (2015 bytes)
1: ...s'''. For other meanings of the term '''[[calling card]]''', see that article.''
3: ...-chip-advert-1987.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Telephone card with chip (1987)]]
5: ...ble; when the balance is exhausted, you buy a new card, rather than having the old one re-filled.
7: ...hange, users would insert a simple pre-paid smart card from which units would be deducted during the con...
9: ...s required. This may be done either from a public telephone, or on a personal phone to access long-distance a...

Telephone (29845 bytes)
1: [[Image:Phone headset.jpeg|thumb|A telephone [[handset]]]]
2: ...Image:Phone numberpad.jpeg|thumb|A [[touch-tone]] telephone [[dial]]]]
3: [[Image:ATTtelephone-large.jpg|thumb|right|Telephone]]
4: ...ited by the US Congress with the invention of the telephone, instead of [[Alexander Graham Bell]]. According ...
7: ...a lot of money involved, particularly in the Bell Telephone companies, and the aggressive defense of the Bell...

Telephone directory (3391 bytes)
1: ...ogether with their postal or street address and [[telephone number]]. It can be published in [[hard copy]] o...
3: ...tings, which has meant availability of innovative telephone directory services on [[CD-ROM]] and the [[World ...
5: ... also provide instructions about how to use the [[telephone service]] in the local area, may give important n...
7: A telephone directory may also be called a '''phone book''' o...
12: ... have become less common with the availability of telephone databases on [[CD-ROM]] and on the [[Internet]] w...

Telephone hybrid (1863 bytes)
1: ...ple [[electronic]] [[device]] used to connect a [[telephone]] [[system]] to regular [[audio]] [[circuit]]s. ...
3: ...al processing]] to make the [[bandwidth]]-limited telephone audio sound more acceptable on-air.
5: ...rids are even used for broadcasting over standard telephone systems, using a special unit with DSP [[audio da...

Ring (telephone) (2684 bytes)
1: A [[telephone]] ring is the sound generated when an incoming ca...
3: On home telephones, the ring is triggered by a [[direct current|DC]...
19: Also see [[Telephone]].

Reis' telephone (1899 bytes)
1: '''Reis' telephone''', an invention by [[Philipp Reis]] by an inspir...
9: [[Image:Reis' telephone.png]]

Trimline telephone (869 bytes)
1: The '''Trimline telephone''' is a variety of [[telephone]] set designed by [[Henry Dreyfuss Associates]] f...
3: ...one]] and [[telephone#Cordless Telephone|cordless telephone]] models.

Telephone line (1259 bytes)
1: ...ions]] network, and usually also implies a single telephone number for billing purposes reserved for that use...
3: ...w voice signals to be transmitted to more distant telephones.
9: ...g.com/images/zoom/FUEBEP/Telefonmast.jpg image of telephone lines on a pole]

Telephone number (5643 bytes)
1: ...d" numbers are automatically translated to unique telephone numbers before the call can be connected. Some sp...
3: ...ng with a plus sign ("+") and the country code. [[Telephone numbering plan]]
5: Before a [[telephone call]] is connected, the telephone number must be [[dial]]ed by the [[calling party]...
8: ...DID number uses a pattern from the called party's telephone internal extension. For example, within Smith Com...
12: ...ntral office]]. Such an office was manned by an [[telephone operator|operator]] that connected the calls by p...

Red telephone (155 bytes)
1: 'Red telephone' was the popular name given to the direct [[White...

610 (telephone) (566 bytes)
2: ...of two-wire wall [[socket]] and [[plug]] used for telephones in [[Australia]].

Telephone exchange (20505 bytes)
3: ...ilding in the UK, and is also the UK name for a ''telephone switch'', '''and''' also has a technical meaning ...
4: * ''telephone switch'' is the U.S. term, but is in increasing u...
8: ...munications]], a '''telephone exchange''' (US: '''telephone switch''') is a piece of equipment that connects ...
10: ...arious number combinations. In [[1961]], New York Telephone introduced "selected-letter" exchanges, in which ...
15: ...] manually connected calls with patch cables at a telephone switchboard. Computers make most connections now...

Telephone switchboard (2968 bytes)
1: [[image:JT Switchboard 770x540.jpg|thumb|200px|Telephone switchboard (Photograph courtesy of [http://www.J...
2: ...is a device used to manually connect a group of [[telephone]]s from one to another or to an outside connectio...
7: ...ld answer calls on a 24 hour basis. [[New England Telephone and Telegraph]] installed the first [[battery (el...

Protea (telephone) (418 bytes)
1: ...970s]] until the [[1990s]]. [[As of 2004]], new telephone installations in South Africa use [[RJ-11]] plugs...

Telephone plug (5839 bytes)
1: ... to the local telephone network. The standard for telephone plugs varies from country to country.
31: ||[[Australia]]|| [[610 (telephone)|610]] or [[RJ-11]]
371: ||[[South Africa]]|| [[RJ-11]] or [[Protea (telephone)|Protea]]
383: ||[[Sweden]]|| [[Swedish telephone plugs & sockets|SS 455 15 50]] or [[RJ-11]]
442: * [http://kropla.com/phones2.htm Telephone plug list] — at Steve Kropla's World Wide P...

Telephone tapping (12555 bytes)
1: ...toring connection was applied to the wires of the telephone line of the person who was being monitored and dr...
4: ...granting such permission. Illegal or unauthorised telephone tapping by the public is often a criminal offence...
8: ...sion for calls to be recorded or permitting their telephone line to be tapped. However, some jurisdictions im...
9: ...e knowledge of at least one of the parties to the telephone conversation. Some businesses and other organizat...
12: ===The official tapping of telephone lines===

Telephone company (1601 bytes)
1: ''This article is for the Telephone Company. For the Tata Group company, see '' [[TAT...
3: A '''telephone company''' (or '''telco''') provides [[telecommu...
26: * [[General Telephone and Electronics|GTE]]
33: * [[Nippon Telegraph and Telephone|NTT]]

Captioned telephone (695 bytes)
1: ...Tel, which is the main brand name for a captioned telephone.
3: ...e recognition is most commonly used for captioned telephone systems.
6: *[http://www.captionedtelephone.com Ultratec's CapTel]

Telephone booth (7604 bytes)
2: ...:London phone box.jpg|thumb|200px|A classic [[red telephone box]].]]
3: ...t outdoor booths feature the name and logo of the telephone service provider to provide immediate recognizabi...
5: The telephone booth became common in industrialized countries i...
6: ...ooths. In many areas where they were once common, telephone booths have now been completely replaced by non-e...
9: Special equipment installed in some telephone booths allows a caller to use a computer, a porta...

Timeline of the telephone (4349 bytes)
1: A '''Timeline of the history of the telephone'''.
4: ...[Havana]]. (It is disputed if this is an electric telephone.)
5: ...ourseul]] publishes a description of a make-break telephone transmitter and receiver but does not construct a...
6: ...854]] [[Antonio Meucci]] demonstrates an electric telephone in New York.
8: *[[1860]] Meucci demonstrates his telephone on Staten Island.

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