Telepoint

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A base station to which users of early mobile phones could connect in order to place (but not receive) calls.

    "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 […]"

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"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 […]"

Etymology

From tele- + point. A marketing coinage.

Related phrases

base stationmobile phone

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