telco

noun

tel·​co ˈtel-(ˌ)kō 

: a telecommunications company

Examples of telco in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Meanwhile, the American Television Alliance (ATVA), a lobbying group composed of cable, satellite, telco operators and independent programmers, slammed the FCC’s vote on the TV ownership cap. — Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 6 Aug. 2026

Other Singaporean digital banks include Trust Bank, which is a collaboration between Standard Chartered bank and supermarket chain FairPrice Group, and GXS Bank, a partnership between telco Singtel and super app Grab. — Angelica Ang, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2026

The company had an enterprise value of nearly $6 billion after Saudi telco stc merged its own tower portfolio with TAWAL in 2024. — Matthew Martin, semafor.com, 20 July 2026

Hyperscalers need to get closer to the customer to serve latency-sensitive AI workloads, and telcos need to move up the stack to stay relevant as the network becomes software-defined. — Anthony Lobretto, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026

Word History

Etymology

telephone company

First Known Use

1975, in the meaning defined above