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.