telephony

noun

te·le·pho·ny tə-ˈle-fə-nē

also ˈte-lə-ˌfō-

: the use or operation of an apparatus (such as a telephone) for transmission of sounds as electrical signals between widely removed points

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From there, Huawei expanded into selling and manufacturing the guts of telephony. —

Garrett M. Graff, WIRED, 16 Jan. 2020 At the start of the twentieth century, the government granted AT&T a monopoly on long-distance telephony in return for universal service, which helped make voice communication ubiquitous. —

William H. Janeway, Foreign Affairs, 27 Aug. 2013 For instance, smartphones emerged from the intersection of telephony, computing and photography. —

Expert Panel®, Forbes, 28 Oct. 2024 Compared with VoIP services that prioritize basic business telephony, Zoho Voice has far more of the features that a whole tech support department might need. —

John Brandon, PCMAG, 17 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for telephony