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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The issue has pit telecom companies against Big Tech.
—Emma Bowman, NPR, 26 Apr. 2024
Chinese telecom giant Huawei has ventured into the car business too.
—Ken Moritsugu, Quartz, 26 Apr. 2024
Comcast’s core cable and telecom business again lost pay-TV and broadband subscribers in the first quarter, the latter being a data point that Wall Street analysts will analyze particularly closely.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Apr. 2024
While China has begun phasing out US chips from its government computers and telecom networks, some US chips are still being sold and shipped to the country despite the ban.
—Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 25 Apr. 2024
In yet another example of Japan’s accelerating efforts in the AI space, Nikkei reported that Japanese telecom SoftBank plans to invest $960 million by 2025 to purchase the AI chips—that is, Nvidia GPUs—required to develop and power its own large language model on par with OpenAI’s GPT-4.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2024
The Gallium group, active since at least 2012, is part of Operation Soft Shell, which targets global telecoms and Microsoft Exchange servers.
—Emma Woollacott, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
Often, the largest telecom companies have questioned the legality of the government’s attempts to limit broadband prices under the infrastructure law.
—Tony Romm, Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2024
The Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter, reports that Chinese officials told the country’s largest telecom companies earlier this year to stop using foreign core processors by 2027.
—Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 12 Apr. 2024
Emma Bowman, NPR, 26 Apr. 2024
Chinese telecom giant Huawei has ventured into the car business too.
—Ken Moritsugu, Quartz, 26 Apr. 2024
Comcast’s core cable and telecom business again lost pay-TV and broadband subscribers in the first quarter, the latter being a data point that Wall Street analysts will analyze particularly closely.
—Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 25 Apr. 2024
While China has begun phasing out US chips from its government computers and telecom networks, some US chips are still being sold and shipped to the country despite the ban.
—Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 25 Apr. 2024
In yet another example of Japan’s accelerating efforts in the AI space, Nikkei reported that Japanese telecom SoftBank plans to invest $960 million by 2025 to purchase the AI chips—that is, Nvidia GPUs—required to develop and power its own large language model on par with OpenAI’s GPT-4.
—Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 23 Apr. 2024
The Gallium group, active since at least 2012, is part of Operation Soft Shell, which targets global telecoms and Microsoft Exchange servers.
—Emma Woollacott, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2024
Often, the largest telecom companies have questioned the legality of the government’s attempts to limit broadband prices under the infrastructure law.
—Tony Romm, Washington Post, 15 Apr. 2024
The Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed sources familiar with the matter, reports that Chinese officials told the country’s largest telecom companies earlier this year to stop using foreign core processors by 2027.
—Britney Nguyen, Quartz, 12 Apr. 2024
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“Telecom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/telecom. Accessed 3 May. 2024.
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