telco

/ ˈtɛlˌkəʊ /

noun

1. a telecommunications company

Word History and Origins

Origin of telco¹

C20: from _tel ( _{ecommunications} ) + _co ( _mpany )

Example Sentences

The Canadian telco’s C$3.9 billion free cash flow target by 2028 is also in line, which the analyst calls “respectable.”

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The email address was changed only a week before the outage, but telcos had been told about the impending switch two weeks prior, the federal communications deparment said.

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"Australians must be able to contact emergency services whenever they need help. This is the most fundamental responsibility every telco provider has to the public."

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"How many telcos do we need? How many banks do we need? I think the market should be able to drive that if we're going to compete on the global stage."

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Optus executives told the parliamentary hearing on Friday the telco provider had not foreseen a network-wide outage and so had no backup plan in place.

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