"telepoint" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1989 November 4, New Scientist, volume 124, number 1689, page 38:",
          "text": "When it started in September, Phonepoint had 174 telepoints or public base stations […] Ferranti has a more intensive network, with 300 telepoints concentrated around London […]",
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          "ref": "1991, Institution of Electrical Engineers, Sixth International Conference on Mobile Radio and Personal Communications:",
          "text": "BT has also been prevented from holding a majority share of a telepoint operator.",
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          "ref": "1995, Scott D. Elliott, Daniel J. Dailey, Wireless communications for intelligent transportation systems:",
          "text": "These telepoints can be thought of as cordless phone base units that work with all cordless receivers in operation. Some telepoints register the presence of a customer when the person comes within range — say at a train station.",
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