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  2. Sound-powered telephone - Wikipedia

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    A sound-powered telephone is a communication device that allows users to talk to each other with the use of a handset, similar to a conventional telephone, but without the use of external power. This technology has been used since at least 1944 [ 1 ] for both routine and emergency communication on ships to allow communication between key ...

  3. W48 (telephone) - Wikipedia

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    The W48 is the successor of the pre-war Modell 36 and the W38, with only a few modifications.The principle design features were based on the "classic" W28, the first widely distributed desktop telephone developed by the Siemens & Halske company and built in license for the German Reichspost from 1928 by several manufacturers.

  4. Stromberg-Carlson - Wikipedia

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    Stromberg-Carlson produced several unique switching systems, including: XY, a "flat motion" switch logically similar to Strowger switching.The "XY Selector" was not invented by SC, but licensed from L.M. Ericsson of Sweden in the late 1940s and re-engineered for U.S. switching applications (Ericsson used it for PABX and a very small Rural Exchange application).

  5. Field telephone - Wikipedia

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    The first field telephones had a battery to power the voice transmission, a hand-cranked generator to signal another field telephone or a manually-operated telephone exchange, and an electromagnetic ringer which sounded when current from a remote generator arrived. This technology was used from the 1910s to the 1980s.

  6. History of the telephone - Wikipedia

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    12 November 1877: The first commercial telephone company enters telephone business in Friedrichsberg close to Berlin [26] using the Siemens pipe as ringer and telephone devices built by Siemens. 1877: The first experimental Telephone Exchange is established in Boston. 1877: First long-distance telephone line

  7. Grillo telephone - Wikipedia

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    The Grillo telephone is a 1960s flip-phone telephone from Italy. It was designed by Richard Sapper and Marco Zanuso , and manufactured by Siemens for Italtel . Introduced in 1967, the "Grillo" remained in production until 1979, and was a popular and iconic symbol of 1960s Italian design .

  8. Telephone - Wikipedia

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    A sound-powered telephone is a telephone which transmits voice communication by wire, powered by the energy of the sound waves of the operator speaking. Principle of operation A moving-coil microphone converts the sound waves into an electrical signal, which is then converted back into sound waves at the receiver's end.

  9. Gigaset Communications - Wikipedia

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    Gigaset AG, formerly known as Siemens Home and Office Communication Devices, is a German multinational corporation based in Bocholt, Germany. More active in the area of communications technology, it manufactures DECT telephones .