telecom
noun
tel·e·com
ˈte-li-ˌkäm 
plural telecoms
2
: the telecommunications industry
A lot of smart and experienced people lost money investing in telecom …—
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—often used before another nounThe Wall Street Journaltelecom 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
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Abhishek Singh, Technology and Customer Business Executive at Amdocs, with 20+ years in IT, telecom and network leadership.
—Abhishek Singh, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
British telecom company Vodafone is testing the limits of technology by using an AI influencer in its advertisements.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
Researchers at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, are amid the vanguard of innovators now imagining next-gen telecom networks in the atmosphere, the stratosphere, and orbit.
—Margo Anderson, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Aug. 2025
At stake is one of the largest pots of underused airwaves, which are owned by the public but licensed to telecom companies.
—Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2025
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Abhishek Singh, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
British telecom company Vodafone is testing the limits of technology by using an AI influencer in its advertisements.
—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 8 Sep. 2025
Researchers at the King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) in Thuwal, Saudi Arabia, are amid the vanguard of innovators now imagining next-gen telecom networks in the atmosphere, the stratosphere, and orbit.
—Margo Anderson, IEEE Spectrum, 29 Aug. 2025
At stake is one of the largest pots of underused airwaves, which are owned by the public but licensed to telecom companies.
—Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2025
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“Telecom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/telecom. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.
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