telco

noun

tel·​co ˈtel-(ˌ)kō How to pronounce telco (audio)
: a telecommunications company

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Sign up for Axios Login Sam Sabin Dec 6, 2024 - Technology The long, complex road to securing U.S. telcos Old equipment and years of mergers and acquisitions are likely impeding the ability of telecommunications providers to toss Beijing out of their networks. Sam Sabin, Axios, 13 Dec. 2024 Enlarge Getty Images | NurPhoto The US government has pressured telcos to rip out network gear made by Chinese companies Huawei and ZTE but has allocated only about 38 percent of the money needed to replace equipment with non-Chinese hardware, the Federal Communications Commission said. Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 6 May 2024 As the implications of Chinese hacking attacks on America’s telco networks continues to reverberate across the tech sector, there has been user confusion as to what is secure and what is not. Zak Doffman, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024 Advocacy group Free Press disputed telco industry claims that net neutrality rules will deter investment in network deployment. Jon Brodkin, Ars Technica, 3 Apr. 2024 See all Example Sentences for telco 

Word History

Etymology

telephone company

First Known Use

1975, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of telco was in 1975

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“Telco.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/telco. Accessed 7 Jan. 2025.

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