Telephone company. The Edison Bell Telephone Company building of 1896 in Birmingham, England A telephone company, also known as a telco, telephone service provider,[1] or telecommunications operator, is a kind of communications service provider (CSP) (more precisely a telecommunications service provider or TSP) that provides telecommunications services such as telephony and data communications access. Many telephone companies were at one time government agencies or privately owned but state-regulated monopolies. The government agencies are often referred to, primarily in Europe, as PTTs (postal, telegraph and telephone services).
Telephone companies are common carriers, and in the United States are also called local exchange carriers. With the advent of mobile telephony, telephone companies now include wireless carriers, or mobile network operators. Popular culture[edit] See also[edit] References[edit] Citations Bibliography Huurdeman, Anton A. External links[edit] Village Telco - site about microtelcos. Cheap cell phones without contracts. Prepaid Cell Phone Plans | TracFone Minutes | TracFone.
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