Telecommunication Modern OperationTelephoneIn an analogue telephone network, the caller is connected to the person he wants to talk to by switches at various telephone exchanges
The switches form an electrical connection between the two users and the setting of these switches is determined electronically when the caller dials the number
Once the connection is made, the caller's voice is transformed to an electrical signal using a small microphone in the caller's handset
This electrical signal is then sent through the network to the user at the other end where it transformed back into sound by a small speaker in that person's handset
There is a separate electrical connection that works in reverse, allowing the users to converse
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