Telepoint

Quick meaning: Telepoint is a noun meaning A base station to which users of early mobile phones could connect in order to place (but not receive) calls.

Meaning

A base station to which users of early mobile phones could connect in order to place (but not receive) calls.

Example Sentences

BT has also been prevented from holding a majority share of a telepoint operator.

When it started in September, Phonepoint had 174 telepoints or public base stations […] Ferranti has a more intensive network, with 300 telepoints concentrated around London […]

These telepoints can be thought of as cordless phone base units that work with all cordless receivers in operation. Some telepoints register the presence of a customer when the person comes within range — say at a train station.

Word Forms

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Related Words

Related dictionary entries include telex, teleport, station-to-station, telestation, terminal, telepheme.

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