Abstract: An enclosure (10) for junctions of telephone service wires (18,19) and a stub cable (16) includes a rear panel member (20) and a front cover (100) adapted to be slid downwardly to expose the interior of the enclosure for wire interconnection and servicing. Wire-receiving openings (40,42) of the enclosure are organized in linear arrays and are sealed by a pair of elastomeric strips (80,90;44,46) held against the enclosure wall by bracket members (50,48), with one strip (90) having small diameter holes (92) for just fitting around a wire, and the other (80) having slits (82) which remain closed if no wire is inserted into a particular opening, with both the small diameter holes and slits aligned between the enclosure openings and openings (52) through the bracket members.

Abstract: In a personal communication system in which a call is originated from a calling side terminal equipment using number information allocated to a called person and the call is processed on the called side terminal equipment as a personal call, the system comprises absence notifying section disposed on the called side terminal equipment, for sending absence notify information to the calling side terminal equipment when a predetermined absence notify request is entered during the processing of the personal call. Therefore, when a personal call is incoming, if the designated called person is absent, the calling person can recognize the absence of the called person and then can select cancellation of the personal call, proxy answer by another person, or transfer of the personal call, according to the calling person's will.