telecom

noun

tel·e·com ˈte-li-ˌkäm

plural telecoms

: telecommunication

: the telecommunications industry

A lot of smart and experienced people lost money investing in telecom …—The 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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Following news that SpaceX is in talks to access as many as 80,000 cell sites to grab market share from the Big Three telecoms, some analysts on Wall Street are making a key distinction that may shed light on SpaceX's strategy. — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2026 Last year, attacks on undersea cables in Eastern Europe’s Baltic Sea, allegedly linked to Russia, disrupted connectivity in Sweden and Latvia, prompting calls from telecom firms for governments to step in. — Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026 The Ukrainian military just signed a letter of intent with two Finnish companies — the telecom giant Nokia and satellite maker ICEYE — to look into developing a sovereign satellite-communications network for Ukraine. — Mike Wall, Space.com, 22 Oct. 2026 Starlink has disrupted legacy broadband and telecom players, though the company is never far from controversy. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 21 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for telecom

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1953, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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