telco

noun

tel·​co ˈtel-(ˌ)kō How to pronounce telco (audio)
: a telecommunications company

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The Kenyan telco giant began operations a year later and has since launched products including its M-Pesa mobile money service, a now ubiquitous payment platform in Kenya. Martin K.n Siele, semafor.com, 13 Oct. 2025 Tailored for hyperscale data centers, cloud providers, and telcos, Xeon 6+ features up to 288 E-cores and a 17% uplift in Instructions Per Cycle (IPC) over the prior generation. Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2025 That, in turn, would hit French banks, infrastructure companies and telcos the hardest, Wylenzek told reporters at a Wellington event in London on Monday. Hugh Leask, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2025 Tenants may be billed by either the landlord or the telco provider. Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for telco

Word History

Etymology

telephone company

First Known Use

1975, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of telco was in 1975

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“Telco.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/telco. Accessed 18 Oct. 2025.

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