Barber Woody Yaklin talks on a phone served by a landline to book an appointment with a client at Woody's Barber and Style Shop in the basement of the State Capitol in Oklahoma City in 2017. Phones served by landlines are becomming less common. [THE OKLAHOMAN ARCHIVES]
Mobile phones, like this one being used by a cowboy at the IFYR Rodeo in Shawnee in 2017, have become a preferred way for people to communicate. [THE OKLAHOMAN ARCHIVES]
Then-gubernatorial candidate Kevin Stitt uses a mobile phone to talk with a supporter while celebrating his primary victory over Mick Cornett at his watch party in Jenks in 2018. Regardless of whether the phone is a mobile or served by landline, it enables telecommunications activites by accessing a publicly switched telephone network. [MATT BARNARD/Tulsa World]
Most mobile users also include data plans as part of their telecommunications packages. Here, a restaurant staff member demonstrates how customers can bring up the establishment's menu by scanning a QR code. [Chris Landsberger/The Oklahoman]
Clinical Laboratory Specialist Melissa Khoury uses her phone to see when the next wave of military aircraft will arrive on May 1 as she and other OU Medicine medical staff watch a flyover. [Chris Landsberger/The Oklahoman]
Today's mobile phones are capable of conveying information in multiple ways. Kitty Wade, of Fort Worth, Texas, uses the augmented reality feature on her phone as she takes a tour of the Oklahoma City National Memorial Museum one day last month. [Chris Landsberger/The Oklahoman]
Breakouts on the Oklahoma and Federal universal service fund fees are seen on a recent AT&T bill.
![Barber Woody Yaklin talks on a phone served by a landline to book an appointment with a client at Woody's Barber and Style Shop in the basement of the State Capitol in Oklahoma City in 2017. Phones served by landlines are becomming less common. [THE OKLAHOMAN ARCHIVES]](http://cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/r960-d6f7405bd42e93e08a71b213037344b4.jpg)
![Mobile phones, like this one being used by a cowboy at the IFYR Rodeo in Shawnee in 2017, have become a preferred way for people to communicate. [THE OKLAHOMAN ARCHIVES]](http://cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/r960-215cdd6e50a188c45c06ec81061a92a0.jpg)
![Then-gubernatorial candidate Kevin Stitt uses a mobile phone to talk with a supporter while celebrating his primary victory over Mick Cornett at his watch party in Jenks in 2018. Regardless of whether the phone is a mobile or served by landline, it enables telecommunications activites by accessing a publicly switched telephone network. [MATT BARNARD/Tulsa World]](http://cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/r960-74c3c2cf25d388c0f0daba4793189fed.jpg)
![Most mobile users also include data plans as part of their telecommunications packages. Here, a restaurant staff member demonstrates how customers can bring up the establishment's menu by scanning a QR code. [Chris Landsberger/The Oklahoman]](http://cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/r960-83d547030e6b78eb374905ed7085f7dc.jpg)
![Clinical Laboratory Specialist Melissa Khoury uses her phone to see when the next wave of military aircraft will arrive on May 1 as she and other OU Medicine medical staff watch a flyover. [Chris Landsberger/The Oklahoman]](http://cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/r960-1980a82b640709a39a091ef520ce481b.jpg)
![Today's mobile phones are capable of conveying information in multiple ways. Kitty Wade, of Fort Worth, Texas, uses the augmented reality feature on her phone as she takes a tour of the Oklahoma City National Memorial Museum one day last month. [Chris Landsberger/The Oklahoman]](http://cdn2.newsok.biz/cache/r960-90d87c2de48349bc0505b36720427397.jpg)
