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List of ITU-T V-series recommendations

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The ITU-T V-Series Recommendations on Data communication over the telephone network specify the protocols that govern approved modem communication standards and interfaces.

Note: the bis and ter suffixes are ITU-T standard designators of successive iterations of a standard (bis and ter are the Latin words for "twice" and "thrice").

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Applies to V.1–V.9

V.1 is an ITU-T recommendation, entitled Equivalence between binary notation symbols and the significant conditions of a two-condition code.

V.2 is an ITU-T recommendation, approved in November 1988, titled Power levels for data transmission over telephone lines.

V.4 is an ITU-T recommendation, approved in November 1988, titled General structure of signals of International Alphabet No. 5 code for character oriented data transmission over public telephone networks.

V.5 was an ITU-T recommendation, approved in November 1988, titled Standardization of data signalling rates for synchronous data transmission in the general switched telephone network. It has been withdrawn since.

V.6 was an ITU-T recommendation, approved in November 1988, titled Standardization of data signalling rates for synchronous data transmission on leased telephone-type circuits. It has been withdrawn since.

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