telephony
the construction or operation of telephones or telephonic systems.
a system of telecommunications in which telephonic equipment is employed in the transmission of speech or other sound between points, with or without the use of wires.
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How to use telephony in a sentence
Sometimes known as telephony metadata, this information is comprised of the time, duration and number dialed of a phone number.
Spy Chief: We Should’ve Told You We Track Your Calls | Eli Lake | February 18, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIt's telephony's biggest "killer app" since Skype or even voice-over-IP.
After all, we buy an iPhone, not a software-enabled telephony device.
In connection with telephony he invented a multitude of improvements, some of which are still in universal use.
The Recent Revolution in Organ Building | George Laing Millertelephony, it is clear, both from one's own experience and from reading the letters in the papers, is not yet an exact science.
Adventures and Enthusiasms | E. V. Lucas
This was at a time before Sir Oliver Lodge had established wireless telephony between heaven and earth.
Adventures and Enthusiasms | E. V. LucasIt is written in a most clear and careful style and aims to give a complete review of the subject of telephony.
Farm Engines and How to Run Them | James H. StephensonNone of your wireless telephony and wireless telegraphy for me.
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British Dictionary definitions for telephony
/ (tɪˈlɛfənɪ) /
a system of telecommunications for the transmission of speech or other sounds
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