Telecommunications Basics

Communication (transmission or reception) of voice, data and other signals across a distance

• Telecommunications 
• Cellular Phones 
• Voicemail 
• Fax Machines

Electronic system storing and transferring voice messages 

• Telecommunications
• Voicemail
• Cellular Phones
• Fax Machines

Meeting between different locations occurring by way of special telephone connections 

• Audio Conferencing
• Cellular Phones
• Fax Machines
• Teleconferencing

Wireless telephones allowing voice and data to be exchanged using radio frequencies or telephone signals 

• Video Conferencing
• Teleconferencing
• Fax Machines
• Cellular Phones

Telephones transmitting pieces of paper electronically through telephone lines 

• Cellular Phones
• Fax machines
• Teleconferencing
• Video Conferencing

Interactive phone call between several people at different locations 

• Fax Machines
• Teleconferencing
• Video Conferencing
• E-Mail

Conference call involving two or more sites or meeting areas 

• Teleconferencing
• E-Mail
• Video Conferencing
• E-Commerce

Electronic messages delivered through the Internet 

• E-Commerce
• E-Mail
• Phone System
• Internet

Business or commercial transactions occurring over the Internet 

• E-Mail
• Intranet
• E-Commerce
• Fax Machine

Single-user or multi-line systems which transmit voice, data and other signals through the telephone line

• Phone System
• Internet
• Intranet
• Telecommunications