telephony
noun
te·le·pho·ny
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Definition of telephony
: 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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But Caruana says that he was also drawn to speak at Defcon because elevators represent one of the last frontiers of phreaking in a world where the quirks of analog telephony have been largely replaced by digital equipment. — Andy Greenberg, WIRED, "Inside the Hidden World of Elevator Phone Phreaking," 9 Aug. 2019 Clutching a fist full of lighting bolts and wrapped in telephone cables, the representation of the deity of telephony is more than a century old and was first perched on top of AT&T's headquarters on Broadway in Manhattan. — Steve Brown, Dallas News, "AT&T's new downtown Dallas campus will have a place for its historic statue," 22 July 2019 Wu notes that while Microsoft’s rise and fall was relatively quick, AT&T held onto its telephony monopoly for decades, and Facebook could persist as well. — Adi Robertson, The Verge, "How the antitrust battles of the ‘90s set the stage for today’s tech giants," 6 Sep. 2018 In terms of sounding human, the restaurant demonstration was all being done with standard telephony gear and the ultra-crappy voice quality that comes with it. — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, "Talking to Google Duplex: Google’s human-like phone AI feels revolutionary," 27 June 2018 Comcast’s decision to throttle P2P traffic was quite likely motivated by competitive fears—file-sharing was a threat to cable TV, and P2P voice services threatened traditional telephony revenue. — David Meyer, Fortune, "Net Neutrality Is Officially Dead in the U.S.—Here's What Happens Next," 11 June 2018 Looking back in time, USAA has been a pioneer in technology use cases such as document imaging; 800 services; video telephony; mobile/remote deposits; and mobile biometric authentication. — Jessica Levy, azcentral, "USAA seeks to hire more IT experts to help deliver top-tier digital services," 14 May 2018 Almost inadvertently, the spread of mobile telephony and mobile-internet services has brought hundreds of millions of people into the formal financial system. — The Economist, "Financial inclusion is making great strides," 3 May 2018 Rakuten’s move into mobile telephony fits into this picture. — The Economist, "Japanese e-commerce giant Rakuten struggles to retake the lead from Amazon," 12 Apr. 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'telephony.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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telephony
noun
English Language Learners Definition of telephony
technical
: the use of a telephone system to send and receive sounds over long distances
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