<?xml version="1.0" encoding='utf-8'?>
<!DOCTYPE wml PUBLIC "-//WAPFORUM//DTD WML 1.1//EN" "http://www.wapforum.org/DTD/wml_1.1.xml">
<wml>
<card id="card1" title="Common control - Page 1 - Wikipedia">
<p>
<a accesskey="3" href="page.php?w=common_control&amp;p=2">3.Next</a>
</p>
<p>In <a href="page.php?w=telecommunications">telecommunications</a>, <b>common control</b> is a principle of switching <a href="page.php?w=telephone_call">telephone call</a>s in an automatic <a href="page.php?w=telephone_exchange">telephone exchange</a> that employs shared control equipment which is attached to the circuit of a call only for the duration of establishing or otherwise controlling the call.  Thus, such control equipment need only be provided in as few units to satisfy overall exchange traffic, rather than being duplicated for every</p><p>
<a accesskey="3" href="page.php?w=common_control&amp;p=2">3.Next</a>
</p>

<do type="prev" label="Search">
        <go href="search.wml"/>
</do>

</card>
</wml>
