Telco vs. Telecommunication

Telconoun

(informal) A telecommunications company, a telecom.

Telconoun

a public utility that provides telephone service

Telconoun

a telecommunications company.

Telecommunicationnoun

(uncountable) The science and technology of the communication of messages over a distance using electric, electronic or electromagnetic impulses.

Telecommunicationnoun

(countable) A message so transmitted.

Telecommunicationnoun

(in the plural) Systems used in transmitting such signals.

Telecommunicationnoun

(often plural) systems used in transmitting messages over a distance electronically

Telecommunicationnoun

(often plural) the branch of electrical engineering concerned with the technology of electronic communication at a distance

Telecommunication

Telecommunication is the transmission of information by various types of technologies over wire, radio, optical or other electromagnetic systems. It has its origin in the desire of humans for communication over a distance greater than that feasible with the human voice, but with a similar scale of expediency; thus, slow systems (such as postal mail) are excluded from the field.