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

The bank's research team pointed to semiconductor equipment and telecom networks as examples of subdivision within the space. — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 8 July 2026

Here's how telecom got there before everyone else, and who's busy borrowing the idea now. — Mushfig Aliyev, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026

Cable and telecom lobby groups submitted comments supporting the FCC plan to eliminate or relax various requirements. — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 6 July 2026

One of OpenAI’s biggest investors is Softbank, the massive Japanese telecoms company run by tech booster Masayoshi Son. — Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 3 July 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1953, in the meaning defined at sense 1