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 The Wall Street Journal telecom companies/servicesthe telecom industryBut 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
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Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Filing a consumer complaint with the FCC, which oversees the telecom industry, and the FTC, which is concerned with consumer protection generally, can help build pressure to regulate the issue. Nicole Nguyen, WSJ, 21 Aug. 2022 Critics pointed to the outages Friday as evidence that there should be more competition in Canada’s telecom industry. Ellen Francis, Washington Post, 9 July 2022 There is no question that the telecom industry is hurtling toward the future. Hadas Shefler, Forbes, 2 June 2022 At Pleno, the startup is tapping signal processing techniques from the telecom industry to find biological information — including DNA, RNA, methylation and proteomic markers. Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2022 So the telecom industry and big business in general have chosen to smear her with misrepresentations and outright lies. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2022 Optical fibers were in hot demand as telecom companies rushed to lace the globe with voice and data networks. James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2022 Technology and the Gaming Industry Industry giants and telecom companies collaborating is nothing new. Anil Ganjoo, Forbes, 3 June 2022 Revenue from the company’s telecom-infrastructure business increased 4.2%. Newley Purnell, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022 See More
Nicole Nguyen, WSJ, 21 Aug. 2022 Critics pointed to the outages Friday as evidence that there should be more competition in Canada’s telecom industry. Ellen Francis, Washington Post, 9 July 2022 There is no question that the telecom industry is hurtling toward the future. Hadas Shefler, Forbes, 2 June 2022 At Pleno, the startup is tapping signal processing techniques from the telecom industry to find biological information — including DNA, RNA, methylation and proteomic markers. Mike Freeman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 25 May 2022 So the telecom industry and big business in general have chosen to smear her with misrepresentations and outright lies. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 19 May 2022 Optical fibers were in hot demand as telecom companies rushed to lace the globe with voice and data networks. James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 18 Aug. 2022 Technology and the Gaming Industry Industry giants and telecom companies collaborating is nothing new. Anil Ganjoo, Forbes, 3 June 2022 Revenue from the company’s telecom-infrastructure business increased 4.2%. Newley Purnell, WSJ, 12 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
1953, in the meaning defined at sense 1