telecom

noun

tel·e·com ˈte-li-ˌkäm

plural telecoms

: telecommunication

: the telecommunications industry

A lot of smart and experienced people lost money investing in telecom …—

The Wall Street Journal

—often used before another noun

telecom companies/services

the telecom industry

But questions remain about how the telecom giant will shift its strategy and whether it will be able to do it fast enough to catch up with tech giants …—

Melissa Repko

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This is on top of the major cyber espionage against nine telecom companies, against hacking of U.S. infrastructure that incoming National Security Adviser Mike Waltz said was planting cyber time bombs in U.S. infrastructure. —

CBS News, 5 Jan. 2025 Similar Chinese Hacking Instances Earlier this month, a White House official said that at least eight U.S. telecom companies had been breached by a Chinese hacking company. —

George Monastiriakos, Newsweek, 31 Dec. 2024 Starlink has inked deals with several airlines, telecom companies, and cruise operators, among others. —

William Gavin, Quartz, 30 Dec. 2024 Cablevision was sold in 2016 to French telecom firm Altice for $17.7 billion. —

Dade Hayes, Deadline, 29 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for telecom