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Telecommunication is a compound noun of the Greek prefix tele-(τῆλε), meaning distant, far off, or afar, [7] and the Latin verb communicare, meaning to share. Its modern use is adapted from the French, [ 8 ] because its written use was recorded in 1904 by the French engineer and novelist Édouard Estaunié .
Infocommunications is the natural expansion of telecommunications with information processing and content handling functions including all types of electronic communications (fixed and mobile telephony, data communications, media communications, broadcasting, etc.) on a common digital technology base, mainly through Internet technology.
Telecommunication – the transmission of signals over a distance for the purpose of communication. In modern times, this process almost always involves the use of electromagnetic waves by transmitters and receivers, but in earlier years it also involved the use of drums and visual signals such as smoke , fire , beacons , semaphore lines and ...
Telephony (/ t ə ˈ l ɛ f ə n i / tə-LEF-ə-nee) is the field of technology involving the development, application, and deployment of telecommunications services for the purpose of electronic transmission of voice, fax, or data, between distant parties.
An old rotary dial telephone AT&T push button telephone made by Western Electric, model 2500 DMG black, 1980. A telephone, colloquially referred to as a phone, is a telecommunications device that enables two or more users to conduct a conversation when they are too far apart to be easily heard directly.
Telecommunications Services United States 60,286.87 01/26/2000 Shareholders Other Financials Canada Nortel Networks Corp Telecommunications Equipment Canada 59,973.57 06/14/1999 Qwest Commun Intl Inc Telecommunications Services United States US WEST Inc Other Telecom United States 56,307.03 06/24/1998 AT&T Corp Telecommunications Services
Telecommunications engineer working to maintain London's phone service during World War 2, in 1942. Telecommunications engineering is a subfield of electronics engineering which seeks to design and devise systems of communication at a distance. [1] [2] The work ranges from basic circuit design to strategic mass developments.
An early 20th century candlestick telephone used for a phone call. A telephone call or telephone conversation (or telcon [1] [a]), also known as a phone call or voice call (or simply a call), is a connection over a telephone network between the called party and the calling party.