I telephoned him congratulations.=I telephoned congratulations to him. 我打电话向他祝贺.

telephone (through) to say that 打电话说…

by telephone 用电话
a telephone message [call] 电话
a telephone set 电话机
a telephone subscriber 电话用户
on the telephone 正在打电话
We are not on the telephone. 我们没有装电话.
call sb on [to] the telephone 给某人打电话[叫某人听电话]
speak to sb over [on] the telephone 和某人通电话.