telco

noun

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

Examples of telco in a Sentence

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That’s why the recent announcement of a potential new joint venture uniting the country’s largest telco carriers — AT&T, T-Mobile and Verizon — to specifically address these issues is so important and so exciting. Bob O’Donnell, USA Today, 27 May 2026 TelevisaUnivision was created via a merger of Univision and the entertainment arm of Mexican telco giant Televisa. Dade Hayes, Deadline, 12 May 2026 That may have been tongue-in-cheek but another noted that Australian telcos don’t support RCS, apparently. David Phelan, Forbes.com, 12 May 2026 The deal marks ReelShort’s first telco alliance in Southeast Asia. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 Apr. 2026 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 12 Jun. 2026.

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