Table of Contents
90 relations: Alberta, Analog transmission, Ashgabat, AT&T, Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni, Basic Rate Interface, Beggs, Oklahoma, Bell Canada, Bell System, Breakup of the Bell System, British Columbia, BT Group, Canadian dollar, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, Cardiff, China, Coin, Credit card, Debit card, Deutsche Bundespost, Direct distance dialing, Disability Discrimination Act 1995, Dissolution of the Soviet Union, Edmonton Sun, Email, Federal Communications Commission, Frontier Communications of Connecticut, Futel, General Post Office, Glasgow, Golden, British Columbia, GTE, Hartford, Connecticut, History of the Soviet Union, Hong Kong, Implementation, Incumbent local exchange carrier, India, Informant, Italy, Japan, Kingston upon Hull, Long-distance calling, Manchester, Mobile phone, Mobile telephony, Monetary reform in the Soviet Union, 1991, Moratorium (law), Munich, National Telephone Company, ... Expand index (40 more) »
- 1889 introductions
- Public phones
- Vending
Alberta
Alberta is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.
Analog transmission
Analog transmission is a transmission method of conveying information using a continuous signal which varies in amplitude, phase, or some other property in proportion to that information.
See Payphone and Analog transmission
Ashgabat
Ashgabat (Turkmen: Aşgabat) is the capital and the largest city of Turkmenistan.
AT&T
AT&T Inc. is an American multinational telecommunications holding company headquartered at Whitacre Tower in Downtown Dallas, Texas.
Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni
Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni (AGCOM) (Italian Communications Regulatory Authority) is the national regulatory agency for the communication industries in Italy.
See Payphone and Autorità per le Garanzie nelle Comunicazioni
Basic Rate Interface
Basic Rate Interface (BRI, 2B+D, 2B1D) or Basic Rate Access is an Integrated Services Digital Network (ISDN) configuration intended primarily for use in subscriber lines similar to those that have long been used for voice-grade telephone service.
See Payphone and Basic Rate Interface
Beggs, Oklahoma
Beggs is a city in Okmulgee County, Oklahoma, United States.
See Payphone and Beggs, Oklahoma
Bell Canada
Bell Canada (commonly referred to as Bell) is a Canadian telecommunications company headquartered at 1 Carrefour Alexander-Graham-Bell in the borough of Verdun, Quebec, in Canada.
Bell System
The Bell System was a system of telecommunication companies, led by the Bell Telephone Company and later by the American Telephone and Telegraph Company (AT&T), that dominated the telephone services industry in North America for over 100 years from its creation in 1877 until its antitrust breakup in 1983.
Breakup of the Bell System
The monopoly position of the Bell System in the U.S. was ended on January 8, 1982, by a consent decree providing that AT&T Corporation would, as had been initially proposed by AT&T, relinquish control of the Bell Operating Companies, which had provided local telephone service in the United States.
See Payphone and Breakup of the Bell System
British Columbia
British Columbia (commonly abbreviated as BC) is the westernmost province of Canada.
See Payphone and British Columbia
BT Group
BT Group plc (formerly British Telecom) is a British multinational telecommunications holding company headquartered in London, England.
Canadian dollar
The Canadian dollar (symbol: $; code: CAD; dollar canadien) is the currency of Canada.
See Payphone and Canadian dollar
Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC; Conseil de la radiodiffusion et des télécommunications canadiennes) is a public organization in Canada with mandate as a regulatory agency for broadcasting and telecommunications.
See Payphone and Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission
Cardiff
Cardiff (Caerdydd) is the capital and largest city of Wales.
China
China, officially the People's Republic of China (PRC), is a country in East Asia.
Coin
A coin is a small object, usually round and flat, used primarily as a medium of exchange or legal tender.
Credit card
A credit card is a payment card, usually issued by a bank, allowing its users to purchase goods or services or withdraw cash on credit. Payphone and credit card are American inventions.
Debit card
A debit card, also known as a check card or bank card, is a payment card that can be used in place of cash to make purchases. Payphone and debit card are American inventions.
Deutsche Bundespost
The was a German state-run postal service and telecommunications business founded in 1947.
See Payphone and Deutsche Bundespost
Direct distance dialing
Direct distance dialing (DDD) is a telecommunication service feature in North America by which a caller may, without operator assistance, call any other user outside the local calling area.
See Payphone and Direct distance dialing
Disability Discrimination Act 1995
The Disability Discrimination Act 1995 (c. 50) (informally, and hereafter, the DDA) is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom which has now been repealed and replaced by the Equality Act 2010, except in Northern Ireland where the Act still applies.
See Payphone and Disability Discrimination Act 1995
Dissolution of the Soviet Union
The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) was formally dissolved as a sovereign state and subject of international law on 26 December 1991 by Declaration № 142-Н of the Soviet of the Republics of the Supreme Soviet of the Soviet Union.
See Payphone and Dissolution of the Soviet Union
Edmonton Sun
The Edmonton Sun is a daily newspaper and news website published in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.
Electronic mail (email or e-mail) is a method of transmitting and receiving messages using electronic devices.
Federal Communications Commission
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is an independent agency of the United States government that regulates communications by radio, television, wire, satellite, and cable across the United States.
See Payphone and Federal Communications Commission
Frontier Communications of Connecticut
The Southern New England Telephone Company (commonly referred to as SNETCo by its customers), doing business as Frontier Communications of Connecticut, is a local exchange carrier owned by Frontier Communications.
See Payphone and Frontier Communications of Connecticut
Futel
Futel is a public arts organization in Portland, Oregon dedicated to preserving and maintaining public telephone hardware and offering free phone and basic information services. Payphone and Futel are public phones and street furniture.
General Post Office
The General Post Office (GPO) was the state postal system and telecommunications carrier of the United Kingdom until 1969.
See Payphone and General Post Office
Glasgow
Glasgow is the most populous city in Scotland, located on the banks of the River Clyde in west central Scotland.
Golden, British Columbia
Golden is a town in southeastern British Columbia, Canada, west of Calgary, Alberta, and east of Vancouver.
See Payphone and Golden, British Columbia
GTE
GTE Corporation, formerly General Telephone & Electronics Corporation (1955–1982), was the largest independent telephone company in the United States during the days of the Bell System.
See Payphone and GTE
Hartford, Connecticut
Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut.
See Payphone and Hartford, Connecticut
History of the Soviet Union
The history of Soviet Russia and the Soviet Union (USSR) reflects a period of change for both Russia and the world.
See Payphone and History of the Soviet Union
Hong Kong
Hong Kong is a special administrative region of the People's Republic of China.
Implementation
Implementation is the realization of an application, execution of a plan, idea, model, design, specification, standard, algorithm, policy, or the administration or management of a process or objective.
See Payphone and Implementation
Incumbent local exchange carrier
An incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) is a local telephone company which held the regional monopoly on landline service before the market was opened to competitive local exchange carriers, or the corporate successor of such a firm.
See Payphone and Incumbent local exchange carrier
India
India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.
Informant
An informant (also called an informer or, as a slang term, a "snitch", "rat", "canary", "stool pigeon", "stoolie" or "grass", among other terms) is a person who provides privileged information, or (usually damaging) information intended to be intimate, concealed, or secret, about a person or organization to an agency, often a government or law enforcement agency.
Italy
Italy, officially the Italian Republic, is a country in Southern and Western Europe.
Japan
Japan is an island country in East Asia, located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast coast of the Asian mainland.
Kingston upon Hull
Kingston upon Hull, usually shortened to Hull, is a port city and unitary authority area in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
See Payphone and Kingston upon Hull
Long-distance calling
In telecommunications, a long-distance call (U.S.) or trunk call (also known as a toll call in the U.K.) is a telephone call made to a location outside a defined local calling area.
See Payphone and Long-distance calling
Manchester
Manchester is a city and metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester, England, which had a population of 552,000 at the 2021 census.
Mobile phone
A mobile phone or cell phone is a portable telephone that can make and receive calls over a radio frequency link while the user is moving within a telephone service area, as opposed to a fixed-location phone (landline phone).
Mobile telephony
Mobile telephony is the provision of telephone services to mobile phones rather than fixed-location phones (landline phones). Payphone and mobile telephony are American inventions.
See Payphone and Mobile telephony
Monetary reform in the Soviet Union, 1991
Monetary reform of 1991 (known also as Pavlov Reform) was the last such reform in the Soviet Union.
See Payphone and Monetary reform in the Soviet Union, 1991
Moratorium (law)
A moratorium is a delay or suspension of an activity or a law.
See Payphone and Moratorium (law)
Munich
Munich (München) is the capital and most populous city of the Free State of Bavaria, Germany.
National Telephone Company
The National Telephone Company (NTC) was a British telephone company from 1881 until 1911 which brought together smaller local companies in the early years of the telephone.
See Payphone and National Telephone Company
New York City
New York, often called New York City (to distinguish it from New York State) or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States.
See Payphone and New York City
Newsagent's shop
A newsagent's shop or simply newsagent's or paper shop (British English), newsagency (Australian English) or newsstand (American and Canadian English) is a business that sells newspapers, magazines, cigarettes, snacks and often items of local interest.
See Payphone and Newsagent's shop
Nippon Telegraph and Telephone
(NTT) (Corporate Number: 7010001065142) is a Japanese telecommunications holding company headquartered in Tokyo, Japan.
See Payphone and Nippon Telegraph and Telephone
Operator assistance
Operator assistance refers to service provided by a telephone operator to the calling party of a telephone call.
See Payphone and Operator assistance
Orelhão
Orelhão (Big Ear; plural: Orelhões), officially Telefone de Uso Público (Public Use Telephone) is the name given to the protector for public telephones designed by Chinese Brazilian architect and designer Chu Ming Silveira. Payphone and Orelhão are public phones and street furniture.
Political divisions of Russia
Russia is divided into several types and levels of subdivisions.
See Payphone and Political divisions of Russia
Public utilities commission
A public utilities commission is a quasi-governmental body that provides oversight and/or regulation of public utilities in a particular area (locality, municipality, or subnational division), especially in the United States and Canada.
See Payphone and Public utilities commission
QNX
QNX is a commercial Unix-like real-time operating system, aimed primarily at the embedded systems market.
See Payphone and QNX
Red telephone box
The red telephone box, is a telephone kiosk for a public telephone designed by Sir Giles Gilbert Scott, the architect responsible for Liverpool Cathedral. Payphone and red telephone box are public phones and street furniture.
See Payphone and Red telephone box
Richmond, Virginia
Richmond is the capital city of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States.
See Payphone and Richmond, Virginia
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the second-largest city in Russia after Moscow.
See Payphone and Saint Petersburg
Santa Monica, California
Santa Monica (Saint Monica; Spanish: Santa Mónica) is a city in Los Angeles County, situated along Santa Monica Bay on California's South Coast.
See Payphone and Santa Monica, California
SaskTel
Saskatchewan Telecommunications Holding Corporation, operating as SaskTel, is a Canadian crown-owned telecommunications firm based in the province of Saskatchewan.
SMS
Short Message Service, commonly abbreviated as SMS, is a text messaging service component of most telephone, Internet and mobile device systems.
See Payphone and SMS
Spain
Spain, formally the Kingdom of Spain, is a country located in Southwestern Europe, with parts of its territory in the Atlantic Ocean, the Mediterranean Sea and Africa.
Suicide prevention
Suicide prevention is a collection of efforts to reduce the risk of suicide.
See Payphone and Suicide prevention
Switchboard operator
In the early days of telephony, companies used manual telephone switchboards, and switchboard operators connected calls by inserting a pair of phone plugs into the appropriate jacks.
See Payphone and Switchboard operator
Türk Telekom
Türk Telekom is a state-owned Turkish telecommunications company.
Telecommunications device for the deaf
A telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD) is a teleprinter, an electronic device for text communication over a telephone line, that is designed for use by persons with hearing or speech difficulties. Payphone and telecommunications device for the deaf are American inventions.
See Payphone and Telecommunications device for the deaf
Telephone booth
A telephone booth, telephone kiosk, telephone call box, telephone box or public call box is a tiny structure furnished with a payphone and designed for a telephone user's convenience; usually the user steps into the booth and closes the booth door while using the payphone inside. Payphone and telephone booth are public phones and street furniture.
See Payphone and Telephone booth
Telephone card
A telephone card, calling card or phone card for short, is a credit card-size plastic or paper card used to pay for telephone services (often international or long-distance calling).
See Payphone and Telephone card
Telephone directory
A telephone directory, commonly called a telephone book, telephone address book, phonebook, or the white and yellow pages, is a listing of telephone subscribers in a geographical area or subscribers to services provided by the organization that publishes the directory. Payphone and telephone directory are American inventions.
See Payphone and Telephone directory
Telephone exchange
A telephone exchange, also known as a telephone switch or central office, is a crucial component in the public switched telephone network (PSTN) or large enterprise telecommunications systems.
See Payphone and Telephone exchange
Telephone token
Telephone tokens were token coins once widely used for making telephone calls from public telephones in place of ordinary coins.
See Payphone and Telephone token
Telstra
Telstra Group Limited is an Australian telecommunications company that builds and operates telecommunications networks and markets related products and services.
Telus
Telus Communications Inc. (TCI) is the wholly owned principal subsidiary of Telus Corporation, a Canadian national telecommunications company that provides a wide range of telecommunications products and services including internet access, voice, entertainment, healthcare, video, smart home automation and IPTV television.
The New York Times
The New York Times (NYT) is an American daily newspaper based in New York City.
See Payphone and The New York Times
The San Diego Union-Tribune
The San Diego Union-Tribune is a metropolitan daily newspaper published in San Diego, California, that has run since 1868.
See Payphone and The San Diego Union-Tribune
The Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), also referred to simply as the Journal, is an American newspaper based in New York City, with a focus on business and finance.
See Payphone and The Wall Street Journal
TIM Group
TIM S.p.A. (formerly Telecom Italia S.p.A.) is an Italian telecommunications company with headquarters in Rome, Milan, and Naples (with the Telecom Italia Tower), which provides fixed telephony and DSL data services.
Toronto
Toronto is the most populous city in Canada and the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario.
Toronto Transit Commission
The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) is the public transport agency that operates bus, subway, streetcar, and paratransit services in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, some of which run into the Peel Region and York Region.
See Payphone and Toronto Transit Commission
Touchscreen
A touchscreen (or touch screen) is a type of display that can detect touch input from a user. Payphone and touchscreen are American inventions.
Uganda
Uganda, officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa.
United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
See Payphone and United States
Vending machine
A vending machine is an automated machine that dispenses items such as snacks, beverages, cigarettes, and lottery tickets to consumers after cash, a credit card, or other forms of payment are inserted into the machine or otherwise made.
See Payphone and Vending machine
Verizon
Verizon Communications Inc., is an American telecommunications company headquartered in New York City.
Wildfire
A wildfire, forest fire, or a bushfire is an unplanned, uncontrolled and unpredictable fire in an area of combustible vegetation.
William Gray (inventor)
William Gray (1850 – January 24, 1903) was an American inventor and entrepreneur.
See Payphone and William Gray (inventor)
911 (emergency telephone number)
911, sometimes written, is an emergency telephone number for Argentina, Canada, the Dominican Republic, Jordan, Mexico, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, the Philippines, Sint Maarten, the United States, and Uruguay, as well as the North American Numbering Plan (NANP), one of eight N11 codes.
See Payphone and 911 (emergency telephone number)
See also
1889 introductions
- Dots and boxes
- Heckel-clarina
- Maxwell–Lodge effect
- Narcissism
- Payphone
- Peano axioms
- Scandinavian mile
- Seal of Washington
- The Four Great Errors
Public phones
- 911 Tapping Protocol
- A/S Københavns Telefonkiosker
- Call box
- Call shop
- Courtesy telephone
- Emergency telephone
- Futel
- KX telephone boxes
- Katz v. United States
- LinkNYC
- Mojave phone booth
- Multipurpose community telecenters
- Nortel payphones
- Orelhão
- Payphone
- Phonebooth stuffing
- Police box
- Prairie Grove Airlight Outdoor Telephone Booth
- Public call office
- Red telephone box
- Stoppa sabbet
- Telecentre
- Telephone booth
Vending
- Automat
- Bulk vending
- CcTalk
- Coin Coalition
- Coinstar
- Currency detector
- DEX (protocol)
- Ford Gum
- Full-line vending
- Gashapon
- Gazelle (recycling company)
- Horn & Hardart
- International Mutoscope Reel Company
- Maas International
- Merchandiser
- Multi-Drop Bus / Internal Communication Protocol
- National Automatic Merchandising Association
- Pay toilet
- Payphone
- Selecta (company)
- Vending Times
- Vending machines
References
Also known as COCOT, Coin phone, Coin-operated telephone, Coinbox, Customer-owned coin-operated telephone, Pay phone, Pay telephone, Pay-phone, Payphones, Public phone, Public phone booth, Public phones, Public telephony.