Telephone Type

A Telephone is a commercially available electronic product whose primary purpose is to transmit and receive sound over a distance using a voice or data network.

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Constrained List
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Unit of Measure: 
None
Sector: 
Commercial, Residential, Multifamily
List Options Option Definitionsort descending Unit of Measure
Hybrid A Telephone or component of a Telephone system that has the ability to ultimately convert sound into both analog waveforms for transmission through the PSTN and Internet Protocol data packets for transmission through an Ethernet connection. None
Analog telephone A Telephone or component of a Telephone system that ultimately converts sound into analog waveforms for transmission through the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). None
Cellular A Telephone that converts sound into multiple-access (e.g., Code-Division Multiple Access (CDMA), Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM), and fourth generation long term evolution (4G LTE)) packets for transmission through a cellular network. None
Voice over internet protocol A Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) Telephone is a telephone or component of a Telephone system that converts sound into Internet Protocol data packets for transmission through an Ethernet connection. None
None None None
Not applicable Not applicable None
Other Other None
Unknown Unknown None
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