telebureau

English

Etymology

tele- +‎ bureau

Noun

telebureau (plural telebureaus or telebureaux)

1. A telecentre.
   • 1998, Paul J. Jackson, Teleworking: International Perspectives‎^[1]:

     On the other hand, there are also projects which have meanwhile stopped their operation, such as the Nykvarn neighbourhood office - one of the most prominent experimental cases, or the 'telebureau' in Goms, a very remote Swiss mountain village.

   • 2003, Ola Bergström, Contingent Employment in Europe and the United States‎^[2], page 58:

     Many use agency staff extensively, while the agencies themselves have moved into providing and managing complete telebureaux.

   • 2004, Private Solutions for Infrastructure in Lesotho‎^[3], page 53:

     Finally, the emergence of telebureaus providing resale of voice telephony and other value-added service is a significant downstream effect of sector liberalization.