telecom
noun
tel·e·com
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Definition of telecom
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: the telecommunications industry
Examples of telecom in a Sentence
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Futurewei, the research arm of Huawei, laid off dozens of workers at its Plano facility this week amidst the Trump administration's crackdown on the Chinese telecom giant. — Dallas News, "'Mass layoff' hits Huawei's Plano-based research arm Futurewei amid trade crackdown," 25 July 2019 FedEx says that’s exactly its predicament from US export bans—such as the one placed on Chinese telecom giant Huawei last month. — Jane Li, Quartz, "US trade restrictions have gone from being a headache to a migraine for FedEx," 26 June 2019 The telecom industry recently received clearance from the FCC to begin blocking robocalls by default, using technology that can screen out unwanted calls much like spam filters send junk email to a separate folder. — Brian Fung, CNN, "US government announces nationwide crackdown on robocallers," 25 June 2019 One can imagine international organizations setting telecommunications standards sanctioning Israelis for hogging bandwidth from Palestinian telecom companies. — Bernard Avishai, The New Yorker, "By Barring Two Congresswomen, Trump and Netanyahu Set a Trap for Democrats," 18 Aug. 2019 Yet municipal internet service has had a mixed track record in Oregon and across the country and skeptics warn that local governments are ill-equipped to compete with large telecom companies. — Mike Rogoway, oregonlive.com, "Hillsboro outlines fiber plans, promises internet speeds up to 4 gigs," 18 Aug. 2019 The executive's upstart Reliance Jio telecom company leads the list of Fortune's top 10 Change the World, for bringing affordable mobile phone service to the planet's second most populous country. — Fortune, "Tiffany & Co. to Open in India With Local Billionaire," 8 Aug. 2019 But Huawei, China’s largest telecom company, has been the main focus of attention for the White House and an on-again, off-again bargaining chip in the administration’s trade battle. — Steve Lohr, BostonGlobe.com, "US moves to ban Huawei from government contracts," 7 Aug. 2019 Already, telecom companies have begun to attach suitcase-size 5G antennas to cellphone towers and rooftops in cities around the world. — Gabriel Popkin, Science | AAAS, "Forecasters fear 5G wireless technology will muck up weather predictions," 7 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'telecom.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for telecom
telecom
noun
English Language Learners Definition of telecom
somewhat technical
: a telecommunications company
: the telecommunications industry
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