telephone network

基本解释

The best example of such a system is your typical telephone network.
这样一个系统的最好示例是典型的电话网络。
Regardless of who and how they paid to access the telephone network, once they are on the line, they can call anyone.
无视他是谁和他们怎样付费接入电话网络的，一旦他们在线，他们就能给任何人打电话。
Even more important, the internet is an open platform, rather than one built for a specific service, like the telephone network.
更为重要的是, 互联网是个开放的平台, 而不是某人建造的一个特殊如电话网络的服务.

Like the telephone network used to execute a transaction, the payments network is a neutral actor.
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"New York City's public pay telephone network has incredible potential, " said Chief Information and Innovation Officer Merchant.
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There are good parts of the world where there simply never will be a universal landline telephone network.
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