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

Unlike earlier telecom providers that leased infrastructure or delivered service wirelessly, WJBTN owns the backbone fiber, the right-of-way, and the poles carrying the network. — IEEE Spectrum, 30 July 2026

Schulman will tap a longtime lieutenant with deal chops, Alfonso Villanueva, to run the telecom giant’s $107 billion consumer business, according to people familiar with the matter. — Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 30 July 2026

The sublicensing arrangement with Canadian telecom and media giant Rogers Communications will put 26 regular season games in English and French on Prime in Canada, starting on September 30. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 28 July 2026

The telecom company had already been removing copper wiring from central offices and upgrading them with fiber-optic technology, even before looking to convert some offices into AI infrastructure for edge computing. — Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 27 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1953, in the meaning defined at sense 1