Communication equipment industry

Japanese: 通信機工業 - つうしんきこうぎょう

A branch of the electrical machinery industry that produces communication equipment and related equipment. Communication equipment that transmits information can be broadly divided into wired communication equipment and wireless communication equipment. Wired communication equipment includes (1) telephones such as cordless phones, (2) switching equipment, (3) telephone application equipment such as key phones and intercoms, (4) telegraph and image equipment such as facsimiles, and (5) carrier equipment. Wireless communication equipment includes (1) broadcasting equipment such as television broadcasting equipment, (2) wireless communication equipment such as walkie-talkies, automobiles, and mobile phones, and (3) wireless application equipment such as radar equipment.

Source: Heibonsha World Encyclopedia, 2nd Edition Information

Japanese:

通信機械器具およびその関連機械器具を生産する電気機械工業の一分野。情報を伝送する通信機械は，有線通信機器と無線通信機器とに大別される。有線通信機器には，(1)コードレス電話などの電話機，(2)交換機，(3)ボタン電話，インターホンなどの電話応用装置，(4)ファクシミリなどの電信・画像装置，(5)搬送装置がある。無線通信機器には，(1)テレビ放送機器などの放送装置，(2)トランシーバー，自動車・携帯電話などの無線通信装置，(3)レーダー装置などの無線応用装置がある。

出典　株式会社平凡社世界大百科事典第２版について　情報

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