telecommunication

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

|Updated on: 9 Aug 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

The telecommunications company has declared changes are coming for the network in a bid to increase subscriptions.

— john koblin, New York Times, "Emmy Nominations 2018: ‘Game of Thrones’ and Netflix Lead the Way," 13 July 2018
The telecommunications company will occupy three and a half floors in its new building.

— nancy sarnoff, Houston Chronicle, "Greenway-area office tower finds anchor tenant," 11 July 2018
The next step is for the North American Numbering Plan Administration, an independent board selected by the Federal Communications Commission, to meet with telecommunications companies to develop a start date for the new code.

— gray rohrer, OrlandoSentinel.com, "Orlando to get new area code — 689," 10 July 2018
Nothing was off limits, especially Ganim’s seven years in federal prison for public corruption and questions about whether Lamont laid off employees from his telecommunications company.

— neil vigdor, courant.com, "Rival Democrats Ned Lamont And Joe Ganim Exchange Barbs In Raucous Debate," 12 July 2018
Senators argue Trump’s ZTE deal is too lenient ZTE is in trouble with the US government because it was caught selling telecommunications equipment to Iran and North Korea in violation of US sanctions rules.

— timothy b. lee, Ars Technica, "Senate rejects Trump’s plan to lift ZTE export ban," 19 June 2018
The Trump administration’s list of goods to be subjected to the tariffs is aimed at these high-tech sectors, including aerospace, telecommunications equipment and robotics.

— neil irwin, New York Times, "Trade Skirmish or War? Who Gets Hurt?," 15 June 2018
But if telecommunications equipment companies in the US and allied countries exit the market, US carriers might be left without any option.

— klint finley, WIRED, "Does It Matter If China Beats the US to Build a 5G Network?," 6 June 2018
And Rubio along with Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., introduced a bill earlier this year that would bar the U.S. government from buying or leasing telecommunications equipment from the companies over those concerns.

— derek hawkins, chicagotribune.com, "Trump's ZTE reversal flouts warnings from top national security officials," 14 May 2018

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