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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Warner said, however, that the effort was not directly election-related, as the hackers got into some telecom systems more than a year ago.
—Dhruv Mehrotra, WIRED, 23 Nov. 2024
Insurance stocks led gains, up 1.64%, while telecoms dipped 0.37%.
—Karen Gilchrist,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 21 Nov. 2024
Trump’s last term saw the Republican slap tariffs on hundreds of billions worth of Chinese goods, launch a campaign against Chinese telecoms giant Huawei and use racist language to describe the virus that causes Covid-19, which was first identified in China.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN, 6 Nov. 2024
This massive and pervasive hacking by China of U.S. telecom companies is significant.
—CBS News, 3 Nov. 2024
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Dhruv Mehrotra, WIRED, 23 Nov. 2024
Insurance stocks led gains, up 1.64%, while telecoms dipped 0.37%.
—Karen Gilchrist,holly Ellyatt, CNBC, 21 Nov. 2024
Trump’s last term saw the Republican slap tariffs on hundreds of billions worth of Chinese goods, launch a campaign against Chinese telecoms giant Huawei and use racist language to describe the virus that causes Covid-19, which was first identified in China.
—Simone McCarthy, CNN, 6 Nov. 2024
This massive and pervasive hacking by China of U.S. telecom companies is significant.
—CBS News, 3 Nov. 2024
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“Telecom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/telecom. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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