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- An Enquiry Form TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES
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A Subscription Form A form is an official printed paper with blank spaces which have to be filled in with information. The most common forms used in business include application forms, booking forms, order forms, customs declaration forms, bank transfer forms, postal forms (money order forms, wire forms, etc.). 
An Enquiry Form TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES 
Telex is a system of sending or receiving messages by teleprinter. Messages are printed when being sent or received simultaneously.They are printed out even if the person who has to get the message does not operate the teleprinter provided, of course, the machine is switched on. The operator can pick up any messages from the telex machine at any time. Subscribers to this service rent equipment which works through the telecommunication lines. It is a 24 hour international service and charges are based on time and distance. A modern equipment has a visual display unit on which the message can be prepared before sending. Telex is used when sending urgent information, written confirmation of orders and above all when it comes to cope with international time differences. A telex message is usually accepted as legal evidence. 
An enquiry for quotation by telex 
The fax machine is a machine which transmits within seconds copies of letters, documents, diagrams, graphs, charts, drawings, virtually anything you can put on paper. It includes a full featured built in phone. The latest machines are provided with automatic dialling, storing and forwarding facilities suitable to meet a variety of business needs.Unlike a telex machine which transmits and receives typewritten text, a fax machine transmits exact copies - i.e. telecopies - of signed documents. The cost of sending a fax depends on the time required to transmit it. Teletex / Electronic Mail It is an international electronic mail service for sending messages between terminals, which may be electronic typewriters provided with a teletex adapter or computers. Messages are transmitted from the office computer to a similar equipment through the telephone network by means of a modem or through the British Telecom Teletex service. Teletex is faster than telex as messages are sent memory to memory so they can be prepared, stored, read, printed and sent. Videotex comprises two distinct services: Teletext and Prestel. teletext is a one-way computer based system which allows text to be received and displayed on a screen. Viewers cannot communicate with the system. Using a keypad they only choose and call a page of data. The BBC and ITV provide information services through CEEFAX ans ORACLE. prestel. Unlike teletext services, where information is only received, Prestel is a two-way system. To access the system users have either a Prestel set or a computer and connection is made through a number and a password. Subscribers to this service are businesses, public libraries, Universities and private individuals who have access to thausands of pages of special information. Users receive information and send messages to other users or to the information providers. Directory: doc doc -> Enterprise Network Management iPost: Implementing Continuous Risk Monitoring at the Department of State doc -> Concept stage doc -> Application for acem doc -> What programs are available? doc -> 100 Village Primary School Music Classrooms doc -> Observational Assessment of Teaching Practices Teaching Assessment Initiative Proposal Submitted to The Teachers for a New Era project doc -> Concept stage doc -> Traditional British values Download 443.33 Kb. Share with your friends:
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