What is another name for landline

A landline (land line, land-line, main line, home phone, fixed-line, and wireline) is a telephone connection that uses metal wires or optical fiber telephone line for transmission, as distinguished from a mobile cellular network, which uses radio waves for signal transmission.

Which phones are called landlines?

There are two basic types of landlines. A corded landline is one that connects to the provider's cabling through a wall jack. The phone base and the receiver (or handset) are connected by a cord. In a cordless landline, the phone base connects to the cabling through a jack but the handset is connected wirelessly.

What is landline number?

Here, Landline number means a phone number allocated by a service provider for transmission of communication signals through a hard-wired (metal cable / optical fiber) or wireless system.

What is the word for telephone?

dial phone, dial telephone. a telephone with a dial for registering the number to be called. extension, extension phone, telephone extension. an additional telephone set that is connected to the same telephone line. French telephone, handset.

What does landline mean in English?

/ˈlændlaɪn/ us. a set of wires that carries phone signals and connects homes and offices to the phone system: The carrier has 17 million local landline customers. a phone that is not a mobile phone and that is connected to the phone system by wires: Her cell phone's switched off.