LANDLINE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

Meaning of landline in English

(Definition of landline from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
(Definition of landline from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of landline

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As such, we only included in our sample registered voters for whom we were able to obtain landline telephone numbers.
In research where it is not necessary to tie together voters with landline telephones, it should be possible to use a more accurate version of the electoral register.
At the same time, their profits are being secured thanks to the harmonisation of the radio spectrum and the 'operating divide' between landline and internet services and the necessary infrastructure.
Television transmission of the future will depend upon space telecommunications rather than on landlines and radio links.
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Considerations for health authorities in selecting replacements for fixed point-to-point radio links will include the rental cost and availability of commercial landlines.
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Already, too, the use of large computers linked with commercial offices by landlines is extending very widely.
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I have also read that 6 per cent of all households already do not use landlines and rely solely upon mobile phones.
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Many people do not bother now to get landlines and have a permanent phone, they just work from mobile phones.
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The service allows users to make calls to landlines and moblie devices through the use of a computer.
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The length of the area code for landlines is either 2 or 3 digits, depending on the population density of the area.
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However, it is likely that 0870 numbers will return to revenue share status in 2014 and prices when called from landlines will increase again.
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Additionally, calls are accepted from the other emergency services by dedicated landlines.
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On landlines, intra-circle calls are considered local calls while inter-circle are considered long distance calls.
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Also, the decrease in landlines has had an effect on the accuracy of locating someone who calls emergency services.
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Landlines work by transmitting voice and data signals by copper wire through electric pulses.
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Translations of landline

in Chinese (Traditional)
固定電話, 地下通信電纜…
in Chinese (Simplified)
固定电话, 地下通信电缆…
in Spanish
teléfono fijo, teléfono fijo [masculine, singular]…
in Portuguese
linha fixa, telefone fixo [masculine]…
in more languages
in Polish
in Turkish
in French
in Norwegian
in Russian
telefon stacjonarny…
sabit telefon/telefon hattı…
ligne [feminine] de téléphone fixe…
fasttelefon [masculine]…
городской, стационарный телефон…
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