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									<h1 class="firstHeading">Telecommunications network</h1>
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									<p>A <b>telecommunications network</b> is a <a href="a/../Network">network</a> of <a href="a/../Telecommunication">telecommunications</a> links arranged so that messages may be passed from one part of the network to another over multiple links.
</p><p>Telecommunications network links may in turn be built out of hierarchical <a href="a/../Transmission_system">transmission systems</a>.
</p><p>Examples of telecommunications networks are:
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</li><li> the <a href="a/../Internet">Internet</a>
</li><li> the <a href="a/../Public_switched_telephone_network">Public switched telephone network</a>
</li><li> the global <a href="a/../Teleprinter">Telex</a> network
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<ul><li> <a href="a/../Optical_fiber">Optical fiber</a>
</li><li> <a href="a/../Submarine_communications_cable">Submarine communications cable</a>
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