Abstract: A method of transmission of information or measuring data and devices for using the method, wherein information or measuring data is transmitted from a local measuring device, located at a remote site, to a central interrogation station located at a central site where the data is processed, using a common carrier network while permitting the normal use of the telephone line. The data is transmitted from the local station to the central interrogation station by sending of a first call from the central station to the local station over the telephone line, the ringer of the called set being temporarily rendered inoperative, repetition, after a certain period has passed, of the call by central station, tying up of the line by the local station, and execution of the transmission procedure.