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  2. Public switched telephone network - Wikipedia

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    The first company to be incorporated to provide PSTN services was the Bell Telephone Company in the United States. In some countries, however, the job of providing telephone networks fell to government as the investment required was very large and the provision of telephone service was increasingly becoming an essential public utility.

  3. Class-5 telephone switch - Wikipedia

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    A Class-5 telephone switch is a telephone exchange in the public switched telephone network (PSTN) that directly serves subscribers and manages subscriber calling features. . Class-5 services include basic dial-tone, calling features, and additional digital and data services to subscribers connected to a local l

  4. Telephone network - Wikipedia

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    This is known as the public switched telephone network or PSTN. A wireless network where the telephones are mobile and can move around anywhere within the coverage area. A private network where a closed group of telephones are connected primarily to each other and use a gateway to reach the outside world.

  5. Plain old telephone service - Wikipedia

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    Plain old telephone service (POTS), or publicly offered telephone service, [1] is a retronym for voice-grade telephone service that employs analog signal transmission over copper loops. The term POTS originally stood for post office telephone service , [ citation needed ] as early telephone lines in many regions were operated directly by local ...

  6. Dial-up Internet access - Wikipedia

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    Dial-up Internet access is a form of Internet access that uses the facilities of the public switched telephone network (PSTN) to establish a connection to an Internet service provider (ISP) by dialing a telephone number on a conventional telephone line which could be connected using an RJ-11 connector. [1]

  7. Telephone number mapping - Wikipedia

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    People using an ENUM-enabled VoIP service can dial the registrant's existing number and be connected to the registrant's VoIP telephone over the Internet instead of using the PSTN. When they call someone who does not use ENUM, calls complete over the Public Switched Telephone Network or PSTN in the usual manner.

  8. Telephone exchange - Wikipedia

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    A telephone exchange, telephone switch, or central office is a central component of a telecommunications system in the public switched telephone network (PSTN) or in large enterprises. It facilitates the establishment of communication circuits, enabling telephone calls between subscribers.

  9. Signalling System No. 7 - Wikipedia

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    Signalling System No. 7 (SS7) is a set of telephony signaling protocols developed in the 1970s that is used to setup and teardown telephone calls on most parts of the global public switched telephone network (PSTN). The protocol also performs number translation, local number portability, prepaid billing, Short Message Service (SMS), and other ...