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PAY TELEPHONE [10 records]

Record 1 2017-03-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephones
DEF

A... telephone requiring that the caller deposit coins or use a credit card to pay for a call.

Key term(s)
  • pay telephone
  • public phone
  • pay station phone

French

Domaine(s)
  • Téléphones
DEF

Téléphone où l'on obtient la communication en introduisant un jeton, une pièce ou une carte de paiement dans l'appareil.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Teléfonos
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Record 2 2014-12-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Copyright
CONT

According to the wording proposed under the agreement, a per-event licensee is required to pay the royalties, report the gross receipts and provide the legal names, addresses and telephone numbers of the concert promoters or the owners of the venue where the concert took place within 30 days instead of within 15 days as SOCAN [Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada] included in its tariff proposals for 2012 and 2013.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Droits d'auteur
CONT

Selon le texte proposé à la suite de l’entente, le titulaire d’une licence pour concerts individuels a l’obligation de verser les redevances, faire rapport des recettes brutes et fournir les coordonnées des promoteurs ou des propriétaires de la salle de concert dans un délai de 30 jours suivant le concert plutôt que dans un délai de 15 jours tel que proposé par la SOCAN [Société canadienne des auteurs, compositeurs et éditeurs de musique] dans ses projets de tarifs de 2012 et de 2013.

Spanish

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Record 3 2014-07-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephone Services
  • Wireless and Mobile Communications
CONT

900 content providers pay the telephone companies to use their networks.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Services téléphoniques
  • Communications sans fil et mobiles
CONT

Les fournisseurs de contenu 900 paient les compagnies de téléphone pour utiliser leurs réseaux.

Spanish

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Record 4 2013-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telecommunications
DEF

One of a modified set of per-minute charges established by the U. S. Federal Communications Commission(FCC) as a ceiling on the international rates that U. S. service providers may pay non-U. S. service providers to terminate international [public switched telephone network(PSTN) ] traffic originating in the United States.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Télécommunications
DEF

Un des ensembles modifiés de frais par minute déterminés par la Commission fédérale des communications de É.-U. (FCC) et constituant un plafond pour les frais internationaux que les fournisseurs de services des É.-U. peuvent payer à des fournisseurs de service non américains pour recevoir le trafic international de [réseau téléphonique commuté public (RTPC)] partant des États-Unis.

Spanish

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Record 5 2011-03-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephone Services
  • Internet and Telematics
CONT

Making calls to your friends and family through your normal telephone is becoming obsolete. It is now the norm for people to talk to their friends and family with instant messaging services such as Yahoo, AOL, and MSN. Another version of using your computer to communicate is using VoIP(Voice over Internet Protocol) [, i. e. ] a class of hardware and software that allows people to use the Internet for making telephone calls. One of the many advantages of this type of service is no surcharge. The amount you pay for this service is included in your monthly Internet fees. AOL is coming out with a new "Total Talk VoIP" that is to replace AOL Internet Phone. The difference being that with AOL Internet Phone it was available exclusively for those who were members of AOL. With Total Talk VoIP, broadband users throughout American and Canada will enjoy the convenience offered by AOL.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Services téléphoniques
  • Internet et télématique
CONT

AOL a déjà lancé un service de voix sur IP au Canada en décembre dernier, baptisé Total Talk et accessible à tous les abonnés haut débit à internet, qu'ils soient clients ou non.

Spanish

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Record 6 2000-08-25

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephone Services
DEF

Telephone service that allows customers in an exchange to pay flat monthly or measured rates instead of long distance charges for calls to nearby exchange areas. Most exchanges in large metropolitan areas have EAS.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Services téléphoniques
DEF

Service téléphonique qui permet aux abonnés d'une circonscription de faire des appels à des postes de circonscriptions avoisinantes moyennant un tarif mensuel fixe ou un tarif à la durée, plutôt que de payer des frais d'interurbain pour chaque communication du genre. Existe dans la plupart des circonscriptions des grands centres urbains.

Key term(s)
  • service téléphonique de secteur étendu

Spanish

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Record 7 1996-07-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Workplace Organization
  • Office-Work Organization
CONT

Executive suites are very common in most U. S. cities and may include an inexpensive marketing package to help you develop a local corporate image. These suites offer economic overhead through pooled secretarial support, office space, photocopying, mail handling and telephone answering services. Telephones are answered with your firm's name and you pay a monthly rental and phone answering fee plus additional charges for specific services used or furniture rented. Costs of these services vary by region and by size of space. You are usually free to move within the building as your space needs change. You will probably find it more economical to open your own office once you have more than five staff on site.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation du travail et équipements
  • Organisation du travail de bureau

Spanish

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Record 8 1996-04-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Workplace Organization
  • Rental Agencies
CONT

Executive suites are very common in most U. S. cities and may include an inexpensive marketing package to help you develop a local corporate image. These suites offer economic overhead through pooled secretarial support, office space, photocopying, mail handling and telephone answering services. Telephones are answered with your firm's name and you pay a monthly rental and phone answering fee plus additional charges for specific services used or furniture rented.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Organisation du travail et équipements
  • Entreprises de location

Spanish

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Record 9 1991-05-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephone Exchanges
  • Telephony and Microwave Technology
  • Taxation
OBS

(...) term used for the additional charge which long-distance callers must pay to the local telephone exchanges.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Centraux téléphoniques
  • Téléphonie et techniques hyperfréquences
  • Fiscalité
OBS

(...) taxe additionnelle que les usagers de l'interurbain doivent payer aux centraux téléphoniques locaux.

Spanish

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Record 10 1984-07-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephony and Microwave Technology
CONT

Wang’s bypass system supplants 4500 voice-tie lines and 100 data circuits.

OBS

bypass : Bypass facilities pay for themselves in three years or less, but the nonfinancial benefits of bypass may be even more important, three companies that bypass the telephone network said here last week....

French

Domaine(s)
  • Téléphonie et techniques hyperfréquences

Spanish

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