Claim: Nikola Tesla worked on technology in the field of telecommunication .
Evidence: Born and raised in the Austrian Empire , Tesla received an advanced education in engineering and physics in the 1870s and gained practical experience in the early 1880s working in telephony and at Continental Edison in the new electric power industry.
Telephony -LRB- -LSB- təˈlɛfəni -RSB- -RRB- is the field of technology involving the development , application , and deployment of telecommunication services for the purpose of electronic transmission of voice , fax , or data , between distant parties.