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telecom

[ tel-i-kom ]

noun

  1. The job entails an advanced understanding of telephony, and a graduate degree in telecom is preferred.

    1. a telecommunications company:

      Municipalities have no recourse since telecoms are regulated at the federal level.

    2. the telecommunications industry:

      Sometimes we underestimate how important telecom has become in our lives.



adjective

  1. of or relating to telecommunications:

    A competitive environment will benefit businesses and consumers by lowering the costs and improving the accessibility of telecom services.

telecom

/ ˈtɛlɪˌkɒm; ˈtɛlɪˌkɒmz /

noun

  1. functioning as singular short for telecommunications
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of telecom1

First recorded in 1950–55; by shortening
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Example Sentences

Let’s take a leading example, Airtel has a good position in the telecom sector but was not in the top three search results.

It’s an effort to stop giant telecom conglomerates from leveraging users into paying for more and more of their services.

Earlier this year, the Federal Communications Commission worked out a voluntary arrangement with the country’s telecom giants to help people stay online amid the pandemic even if they cannot pay their bills on time.

At the massive Mobile World Congress trade show in Barcelona every February for the past few years, Amon became a fixture pitching 5G to every wireless operator, telecom equipment maker, and phone manufacturer he could find.

From Fortune

Both telecoms advised investors to “exercise caution” in dealing with their company’s shares.

From Fortune

That requires investments, in schools and in infrastructure of both the physical and telecom varieties.

A look at what to expect in telecom and computing for the coming year.

The deal would allow Chinese telecom giant Huawei to help build a broadband network for South Korea.

Carsten Schloter, chief executive officer of Swiss telecom giant Swisscom AG, was found dead in his Freiburg home Tuesday morning.

Sunrise charged that Swisscom fixed Internet cable prices too high for telecom rivals to reasonably afford to use them.

She walked slowly over the hull to the cargo lock and, while she did, Jordan reeled in the telecom viewers.

He held the toaster against his side, out of line with the telecom, but aimed at Cameron's face.

Jordan dully punched the telecom selector and a view became fixed on the screen.

"First, let's see what you can get on the telecom," said Docchi.

We had to look through the telecom and the angle of vision was bad.

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