telephone exchange

American  

noun

1. a telecommunications facility to which subscribers' telephones connect, that switches calls among subscribers or to other exchanges for further routing.

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telephone exchange

Affectionately known as Kosmo, it's a towering black box that resembles a cross between a telephone exchange and the flight deck of an airliner.

From BBC ● Mar. 6, 2026

Ratnam was one of 65 gallerists from 25 countries participating in the 9th edition of this popular, dealer-organized event, held this year in an atmospherically grungy disused telephone exchange in Paris’s central Grands Boulevards district.

From New York Times ● Oct. 20, 2023

The building contained a telephone exchange, with network equipment in it - but the company has declined to say exactly how many people have been impacted.

From Washington Times ● Dec. 27, 2020

The building contained a telephone exchange, with network equipment in it — but the company has declined to say exactly how many people have been impacted.

From Seattle Times ● Dec. 26, 2020

Through Pickwick, for example, we met the man at the central telephone exchange whose department handled orders to connect and disconnect lines.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom