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Record 1 2011-03-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Telephone Facilities
  • Telephones
DEF

In Canada, the network of local and long distance switching centres interconnected through transmission facilities and providing circuit-switched connections that can access and be accessed by telephone subscribers through the local loop.

OBS

public switched telephone network; PSTN: term and abbreviation officially approved by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) and by the Electronics and Telecommunications Terminology Committee.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Installations (Téléphonie)
  • Téléphones
DEF

Au Canada, [...] réseau des centres de commutation locaux et interurbains interconnectés par des installations de transmission et assurant des raccords de circuits commutés qui donnent un accès bidirectionnel aux abonnés du service téléphonique par l'intermédiaire de circuits locaux.

OBS

réseau téléphonique public commuté; RTPC : terme et abréviation uniformisés par l'Organisation de l'aviation civile internationale (OACI).

OBS

réseau téléphonique commuté public; RTCP : terme et abréviation uniformisés par le Comité d’uniformisation des termes de l’électronique et des télécommunications (CUTEL).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Instalaciones telefónicas
  • Teléfonos
OBS

red pública telefónica conmutada: término extraído del CAPITAL Business Dictionary con la autorización de LID Editorial Empresarial.

OBS

red telefónica pública con conmutación; RTPC: término y abreviatura aceptados oficialmente por la Organización de Aviación Civil Internacional (OACI).

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