The three most common office layouts include: Open: One large room with various workstations and no separations aside from space between; Cubical: Workstations in a large room are separated by partitions; Cellular: Each employee has his or her own office

“A cellular office” or “a cellular office layout” is an office floor which is partitioned into smaller office spaces or “cells” for smaller groups of employees. These partitions run from floor to ceiling, creating individual private offices. Cellular offices differ from traditional open-plan office spaces, providing separate offices ...

A cellular office layout is a floor plan in which employees are arranged in small groups or cells facing each other. This layout is often used in open office spaces to encourage collaboration and communication. Employees in a cellular office layout can typically work more independently than those in a traditional office layout.

Regarding the structure of the offices (cellular versus open-plan) no clear pattern emerges. The cellular offices are neither among the most interactive nor among the most silent in the sample. In contrast, what did matter for the level of face-to-face interaction, was team affiliation and distances among colleagues.

Tel is short for telephone, and can mean any mobile/cell or landline phone. Cell is short for cellular phone, and is technically a mobile phone that uses cellular service. Mobile and cell mean the same things nowadays.