telecom
noun
tel·e·com
ˈte-li-ˌkäm 
plural telecoms
2
: the telecommunications industry
A lot of smart and experienced people lost money investing in telecom …—
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—often used before another nounThe Wall Street Journaltelecom 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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The billions upon billions in capital going toward data centers have already outstripped telecom spending at the peak of the dot-com bubble.
—Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 14 Dec. 2025
By 2025, chips from Chinese telecom giant Huawei outperformed the most advanced Nvidia chips that could legally be shipped to China under export controls.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 11 Dec. 2025
Per Lazarus, the most active categories in next year’s World Cup include alcohol, automotive, fast food/casual dining restaurants, financial services, retail and telecom.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 9 Dec. 2025
The Soviet Union was a military and ideological competitor, but China, in tech domain after domain, Warner says — from telecom and 5G to AI, quantum computing and biotech — is a different kind of competitor.
—Krysta Escobar, CNBC, 6 Dec. 2025
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Miles Klee, Rolling Stone, 14 Dec. 2025
By 2025, chips from Chinese telecom giant Huawei outperformed the most advanced Nvidia chips that could legally be shipped to China under export controls.
—Charlie Campbell, Time, 11 Dec. 2025
Per Lazarus, the most active categories in next year’s World Cup include alcohol, automotive, fast food/casual dining restaurants, financial services, retail and telecom.
—Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 9 Dec. 2025
The Soviet Union was a military and ideological competitor, but China, in tech domain after domain, Warner says — from telecom and 5G to AI, quantum computing and biotech — is a different kind of competitor.
—Krysta Escobar, CNBC, 6 Dec. 2025
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“Telecom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/telecom. Accessed 20 Dec. 2025.
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