telco

noun

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

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Tenants may be billed by either the landlord or the telco provider. Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025 The result is a degraded experience for the telco’s customer. Glenn Katz, Forbes.com, 19 Aug. 2025 Xavier Niel, the French billionaire behind the telco group Free, has completed the acquisition of a 119-acre former air base in Reims, Northern France, to build a massive film studio. Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 24 July 2025 Up to 80 telcos and internet providers have likely been affected by the sweeping hack, Politico reported last month. Sam Sabin, Axios, 3 Dec. 2024 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 6 Oct. 2025.

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