telco

British  

/ ˈtɛlˌkəʊ /

noun

1. a telecommunications company

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Etymology

Origin of telco

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

Example Sentences

With Aussie Broadband acquiring AGL’s telco customers, analysts Liam Robertson and Charles Strong wonder what incremental synergies the internet-service provider expects to achieve on the path to its 12.5% Ebitda margin target.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 11, 2026

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

"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

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.

From Reuters • Nov. 20, 2023

Losses of service, known as "outages" in the telco trade, are a known and accepted hazard of the telephone business.

From The Hacker Crackdown, law and disorder on the electronic frontier by Sterling, Bruce