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telepoint en · NOUN

Etymology

From tele- + point. A marketing coinage.

Meanings

1. A base station to which users of early mobile phones could connect in order to place (but not receive) calls.
   • 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. 1995, Scott D. Elliott, Daniel J. Dailey, Wireless communications for intelligent transportation systems:
   • BT has also been prevented from holding a majority share of a telepoint operator. 1991, Institution of Electrical Engineers, Sixth International Conference on Mobile Radio and Personal Communications:
   • 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 […] 1989 November 4, New Scientist, volume 124, number 1689, page 38:

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