telecommunication

British  

/ ˌtɛlɪkəˌmjuːnɪˈkeɪʃən /

noun

1. the telegraphic or telephonic communication of audio, video, or digital information over a distance by means of radio waves, optical signals, etc, or along a transmission line

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telecommunication Scientific  

/ tĕl′ĭ-kə-myo̅o̅′nĭ-kā′shən /

1. The science and technology of sending and receiving information such as sound, visual images, or computer data over long distances through the use of electrical, radio, or light signals, using electronic devices to encode the information as signals and to decode the signals as information.

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Example Sentences

Qasim Shah, from Birmingham, was recently made redundant during a Level 3 apprenticeship as an accounts assistant at a telecommunications firm.

From BBC

Investors may rotate into value sectors such as utilities, banks and telecommunications, while oil and gas stocks could gain on firmer crude, he adds.

From The Wall Street Journal

To encourage capital spending, European regulators have been allowing higher returns for providers of some key regulated industries, such as energy and telecommunications.

From Barron's

Raine works with big sports media, telecommunications and tech companies on their mergers and acquisitions and served as a financial adviser for the giant stock offering of chip designer Arm Holdings in 2023.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Department personnel continue to work with the third-party telecommunications provider to determine the root cause of the outage and identify corrective measures to help prevent this issue from occurring again.”

From Los Angeles Times