telecommunication

noun tele·com·mu·ni·ca·tion \ ˌte-li-kə-ˌmyü-nə-ˈkā-shən \

|Updated on: 14 Jun 2018

Definition of telecommunication

1 : communication at a distance (as by telephone)

2 : technology that deals with telecommunication —usually used in plural

Recent Examples of telecommunication from the Web

His father retired as an advertising sales manager in Braintree, Mass., for the business directory published by Verizon, the telecommunications company.

— New York Times, "Jennifer DeAngelis, Patrick Rodenbush," 10 June 2018
Meanwhile, Trump continues to talk about striking deals with Beijing, including cutting the Chinese telecommunications company ZTE some slack despite its sanctions violations.

— zack cooper, Washington Post, "Abe is back to talk to Trump — with a list of Japan’s concerns about North Korea," 6 June 2018
The Times the social media giant has had an agreement with telecommunications company Huawei since at least 2010.

— CBS News, "Report: Facebook gave data access to Huawei, Chinese company U.S. deemed a security risk," 5 June 2018
Earlier this month, Avenatti tweeted information about payments to a shell company used by Cohen from pharmaceutical giant Novartis, telecommunications company AT&T and from a company associated with a Russian billionaire.

— samuel chamberlain, Fox News, "Stormy Daniels' lawyer Michael Avenatti faces increased scrutiny over taxes, business dealings," 22 May 2018
The bride’s father is based there as a labor and employment lawyer for Frontier Communications, a telecommunications company in Norwalk, Conn.

— New York Times, "Elizabeth Gausden, Andrew Kabatznick," 20 May 2018
Telecom Argentina SA, the nation’s largest telecommunications company, postponed a $1 billion bond sale because of the market volatility.

— carolina millan, Bloomberg.com, "Argentina Announces Second Surprise Rate Hike in Less Than a Week," 3 May 2018
Specifically, Donald Trump decided over the weekend that perhaps his Commerce Department shouldn’t have issued a death sentence against Chinese telecommunications company ZTE.

— aaron pressman, Fortune, "Data Sheet—U.S. and China Trade Relations Are Turning Into a Reality TV Show," 14 May 2018
The problems started around 5:30 a.m. Friday, according to a statement from the Alaska telecommunications company.

— tegan hanlon, Anchorage Daily News, "GCI says it’s working to fix daylong service issues for its wireless customers," 11 May 2018

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