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Utility pole with electric lines (top) and telephone cables. Fixed telephone lines per 100 inhabitants, 1997–2007. Cross section of telephone cable of 1,800 twisted pairs, 1922. A telephone line or telephone circuit (or just line or circuit industrywide) is a single-user circuit on a telephone communication system. [1]
Global fixed telephone lines per 100 inhabitants (1997–2007) Total landline vs. mobile phones in Africa (1998–2008) In many countries, landline service has not been readily available to most people. In some countries in Africa, the rise in cell phones has outpaced growth in landline service. Between 1998 and 2008, Africa added only 2.4 ...
This is a list of countries by number of telephone lines. Data are from the CIA World Factbook unless otherwise specified. [1] Location Lines Year
[5] [8] [9] Beyond three, the number in the type name did not refer to the number of ranks of oars any more (as for biremes and triremes, respectively two and three ranks of oars with one rower per oar), but to the number of rowers per vertical section, with several men on each oar. [5]
A party line (multiparty line, shared service line, party wire) is a local loop telephone circuit that is shared by multiple telephone service subscribers. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Party line systems were widely used to provide telephone service, starting with the first commercial switchboards in 1878. [ 4 ]
This is a list of mobile network operators (MNOs) in the United States. The Cellular Telecommunications & Internet Association (CTIA), lists approximately 30 facilities-based wireless service providers in the United States as members.
In 1998, I bought a digital cell phone from AT&T that only had 90 minutes of talk time per month. The rep at the store told me that to save on my minutes I could forward my number to my home phone ...
Comparison of mobile phone standards; List of sovereign states by number of broadband Internet subscriptions; List of countries by number of Internet users; List of countries by number of telephone lines in use; List of countries by smartphone penetration; List of multiple-system operators; List of telecommunications companies