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PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network)

PSTN refers to the established international telephone system carrying voice data over circuit switched connections. Newer developments such as ISDN are completely digital, while PSTN traditionally works on an analog basis (even though PSTN-based networks also increasingly are implemented using digital technologies).

Type Associations

Topic(s) from which this Topic is derived:
- WAN (Wide Area Network)

Associations

PSTN is used as a base by
- DSL · G3 Fax · Modem
PSTN implements
- Telephony Network
PSTN has been standardized by
- ITU

Mentioned in...

DSL · E.164 · Modem · SS7 · VoIP

Bibliographic References

Additional Information

Topic Creation: 2001-03-15; HTML Creation: 2012-01-22, 07:00:09
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