Telex

A Teletype Model 32 used for telex service

Telex is a telecommunication service that provides text-based message exchange over the circuits of the public switched telephone network or by private lines. The technology operates on switched station-to-station basis with teleprinter devices at the receiving and sending locations.[1] Telex was a major method of sending text messages electronically between businesses in the post–World War II period. Its usage went into decline as the fax machine grew in popularity in the 1980s.

  1. ^ Hearings, Reports and Prints of the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. United States. Congress. House. Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. 1979. pp. 715–.