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Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876. In 1915, he made the first-ever transcontinental (aka coast-to-coast) phone call, helping to pioneer the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN).

The Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) has formed the backbone of the UK Telecoms industry for over a century, but this legacy technology will finally be switched off at the end of 2025.

EPABX system facilitates seamless internal and external communication in businesses, evolving from electromechanical to ...

BT had initially planned to switch off its Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN) network by December 2025, but aims to retire the service by January 31, 2027. The company said that the decision to ...

This transition will see the retirement of the public switched telephone network (PSTN), which Irish consumers and businesses have been using for nearly 100 years to make and receive landline ...

The deadline for the switch is December 2025, but providers have already started moving people over. Your phone company will contact you when they want you to change. Why is the old network being ...

The old copper phone network will be switched off in 2025 and phones will instead use the internet to make calls. That doesn't mean you have to only use a mobile phone - but there are some changes ...