telepoint

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

tele- +‎ point. A marketing coinage.

Noun[edit]

telepoint (plural telepoints)

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