telco
Britishnoun
Etymology
Origin of telco
C20: from tel ( ecommunications ) + co ( mpany )
Example Sentences
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Several business sectors also have strong loan pipelines including healthcare, minerals, telco, as well as transport and logistics.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025
Hong Leong raises Malaysia’s telco rating to overweight from neutral, pegging Telekom Malaysia as its top pick and highlighting Axiata as an event-driven opportunity supported by its asset monetization.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 10, 2025
"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."
From BBC • Sep. 21, 2025
The head of Australia's second-largest telco Optus resigned on Monday, cutting short a more than three-year tenure marred by a massive network-wide outage and one of Australia's largest data breaches.
From Reuters • Nov. 20, 2023
When rumor about LoD's mastery of Georgia's switching network got around to BellSouth through Bellcore and telco security scuttlebutt, they at first refused to believe it.
From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Sterling, Bruce
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