telco

/ ˈtɛlˌkəʊ /

noun

1. telcos a telecommunications company

Word History and Origins

Origin of telco¹

C20: from tel ( ecommunications ) + co ( mpany )

Example Sentences

Optus executives told the parliamentary hearing on Friday the telco provider had not foreseen a network-wide outage and so had no backup plan in place.

From Reuters

More than 10 million Australians were hit by the 12-hour network blackout at the nation's second-largest telco for much of Wednesday, triggering fury and frustration among customers and raising wider concerns about the telecommunications infrastructure.

From Reuters

Future Fund, set up in 2006 with the proceeds from the privatisation of state telco Telstra, missed its mandated 10% return target last financial year and underperformed several of the country's largest pension funds.

From Reuters

“My dad was a fighter. He loved it. He loved the big fight. When he started global crossing, it was about picking a fight with the big telcos,” said eldest son Adam.

From Los Angeles Times

"It's fair that the Commission is concerned to protect critical industries like transport, telco and banking, but it's also true it has gone too far with its future scenario analysis," she said.

From Reuters