The Protea
telephone plug
A telephone jack and a telephone plug are electrical connectors for connecting a telephone set or other telecommunications apparatus to the telephone wiring inside a building, establishing a connection to a telephone network. The plug is inserte ...
, sometimes called simply the ''South African'' telephone plug, was widely used in
South Africa
South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the Atlantic Ocean, South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the ...
from the 1970s until the 1990s. As of 2004, telephone installations in South Africa use
RJ11
A registered jack (RJ) is a standardized telecommunication network interface for connecting voice and data equipment to a service provided by a local exchange carrier or long distance carrier. Registration interfaces were first defined in th ...
plugs (which are sometimes referred to in South Africa as ''Venus'' plugs), but Protea plugs are still often encountered in older installations.
Telephone connectors
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