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Radiopaging is a system for locating people using an electronic device which alerts by bleeping and displaying visual data. Messages received can be stored and retrieved. This system avoids the need for staff to get into telephone contact with the caller. Confravision (conference vision). This is a sound and vision service used for business conferences. People of different cities are enabled to conduct meeting as if they were face-to-face, without the inconvenience of of long-distance travel and hotel expenses. READING PASSAGE 
The telecommunications services sector is one of the most rapidly growing in the economy. Major changes occurred in the 1980s with the privatisation of British Telecom (formerly a public corporation) and the abolition of its monopoly on the main telecommunications services with the entry into operation of a second major telecommunications carrier, Mercury Communications. British Telecom operates residential and business lines. It runs the world's sixth largest public telecommunications network, including telex connections, public payphones, and a wide range of specialised voice, data, text and visual services. British Telecom is investing large sums to meet the increasing demand for basic telephone services and for more specialised services. In 1988 the company opened an optical fibre flexible access system, for intensive voice and data traffic, to serve the financial organisations of the City of London. A number of cashless call developments are being carried out including the Phonecard service, using prepaid encoded cards. Prestel, British Telecom's videotex service, and Telecom Gold (an electronic mail and information service) form part of the company's data service division. Prestel was the first service of its kind to enable a wide variety of computer-stored information to be called up on a special television receiver via the telephone. Through its "Gateway" links with other databases, a wide range of other services, such as home shopping and banking services and holiday booking and reservation facilities, is available. British Telecom International is the company's division handling international networks and services. A substantial proportion of the intercontinental telephone traffic to or from Britain is carried by satellite. Using the latest digital techniques, it handles advanced business data and video conferencing services to Europe, the United States, Japan, Hong Kong, and Australia. British Telecom's overseas consultancy service is engaged on over 250 projects in more that 60 countries. (Source: Britain 1991). Oral Test 1. What companies operate telecommunications services? 2. What lines does British Telecom operate? 3. What services does British Telecom operate? 4. What is Prestel? 5. What do you know about British Telecom international services? 
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