telecom

noun

tel·​e·​com ˈte-li-ˌkäm 

plural telecoms

1

: telecommunication

2

: 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

Examples of telecom in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Another potential problem for Carr is that Congress’s 2004 law change said the FCC cannot forbear from applying telecom regulations to TV station owners that exceed the 39 percent limit. — ArsTechnica, 4 Aug. 2026

Semiconductors and hardware makers were mostly in the red while hyperscalers, software and telecoms were solidly in the green. — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 3 Aug. 2026

This is especially true for large, heterogeneous networks like those run by telecoms, hospitals and enterprises. — Bruce Kelley, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Keeping older plans around isn’t a cost-free exercise for a telecom firm, one industry analyst noted. — Rob Pegoraro, PC Magazine, 31 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1953, in the meaning defined at sense 1