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Wide Area Telephone Service (WATS)

Wide Area Telephone Service (WATS) definition - business

Wide Area Telephone Service (WATS)

A telecommunications service offered primarily to commercial users at a fixed rate or a special low rate. The service may apply only to incoming calls, only to outgoing calls, or both. For example, a food manufacturing company may use a WATS service that allows customers to make free (to the customers) calls to the firm.

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