telecom

noun

tel·​e·​com ˈte-li-ˌkäm How to pronounce telecom (audio)
plural telecoms
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: the telecommunications industry
A lot of smart and experienced people lost money investing in telecomThe Wall Street Journal
often used before another noun
telecom companies/services
the telecom industry
But questions remain about how the telecom giant will shift its strategy and whether it will be able to do it fast enough to catch up with tech giants …Melissa Repko

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This massive and pervasive hacking by China of U.S. telecom companies is significant. CBS News, 3 Nov. 2024 The company started with making fine ceramics, and has since then expanded to manufacturing electronics and components for semiconductor manufacturing equipment, telecom devices and more. Zinnia Lee, Forbes, 31 Oct. 2024 The Federal Communications Commission, which regulates the telecom industry, took issue with the PIRG report. Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 29 Oct. 2024 And this year, its owner – the Egyptian telecoms billionaire Naguib Sawiris – opened a smaller resort, Silversands Beach House, on a headland nearby. The Week Uk, theweek, 19 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for telecom 

Word History

First Known Use

1953, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of telecom was in 1953

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“Telecom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/telecom. Accessed 26 Nov. 2024.

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