video telephony

or vid·e·o·te·leph·o·ny

[ vid-ee-oh tuh-lef-uh-nee ]

noun

1. a system of telecommunications in which computers and peripheral devices, smartphones, televisions, etc., are employed in the transmission of audio and video signals, allowing two or more people to participate in a real-time conversation from different locations, as in a videoconference or video call.

Word History and Origins

Origin of video telephony¹

First recorded in 1965–70; video ( def ) + telephony ( def )

Example Sentences

It merely forbade wireless ISPs like AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile from “blocking” websites and applications that “compete with their voice or video telephony services.”

From Slate

John Bergmayer, senior staff lawyer at Public Knowledge, said AT&T was violating the F.C.C.'s Open Internet Rules, which say that mobile providers shall not "block applications that compete with the provider's voice or video telephony services."

From New York Times

Free Press Policy Director Matt Wood said that doing so would break the Federal Communications Commission’s rules regarding net neutrality — an opinion seconded by Public Knowledge senior staff attorney John Bergmayer, citing the part of the order that says mobile providers cannot “block applications that compete with the provider’s voice or video telephony services.”

From Washington Post

The approval from Brussels will expedite the fusion of Microsoft, maker of the world's ubiquitous Windows computer operating system and Office business application suite, with Skype, an Internet seller of free and low-cost audio and video telephony service founded in 2003 by Niklas Zennstrom, a Swede, and Janus Friis of Denmark.

From New York Times

Reuters reported Wednesday that Facebook and Google are separately weighing partnerships with Skype, the popular web video telephony service used by millions around the globe for communication.

From Reuters