Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN)

Author: Anagha Ravi
Published: July 27, 2018
Updated: November 26, 2024

The public switched telephone network (PTSN) is the network of the world’s public circuit-switched telephone networks.

In short, this allows any telephone in the world to communicate with any other telephone.

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