telco
Landline service provider
Telco is informal shorthand for a telephone company or telecommunications provider: The major telcos are lobbying against the new regulations.
The term appears frequently in business and tech contexts, where it distinguishes traditional phone carriers from newer internet-based communication services.
Light-based data transmission
- broadbandFast internet access
- 5GCurrent mobile network standard
- LTEWireless broadband standard
- satelliteOrbiting celestial body
backbone · switching · transmission · cable · antenna · tower · spectrum · microwave
Web access company
- broadbandFast internet access
- fiberPlant-based digestive aid
- DSLTelephone-line broadband service
- modemDigital-to-analog signal converter
router · bandwidth · latency · streaming · upload · download · connectivity · Wi-Fi
Composed of small units
- smartphoneHandheld connected computer
- handsetHeld telephone component
- 4GFourth-generation mobile technology
- 5GCurrent mobile network standard
LTE · GSM · CDMA · airtime · texting · roaming · carrier · signal
One that transports
- operatorOne who works machinery
- providerOne who furnishes things
- subscriberOne who enrolls regularly
- mergerCorporate combination
acquisition · regulation · FCC · deregulation · monopoly · competition · tariff · billing
Stationary wired telephone
- rotaryInvolving circular motion
- switchboardTelephone routing panel
- PBXPrivate branch exchange
- POTSConventional wired telephony
fiber-optics
Light-based data transmission
satellite · backbone · switching · transmission · cable · antenna · tower · spectrum · microwave · transmitter
ISP
Web access company
modem · router · bandwidth · latency · streaming · upload · download · connectivity · Wi-Fi · Ethernet
cellular
Composed of small units
- smartphoneHandheld connected computer
- handsetHeld telephone component
- 4GFourth-generation mobile technology
5G · LTE · GSM · CDMA · airtime · texting · roaming · carrier · signal · unlock
carrier
One that transports
- operatorOne who works machinery
- providerOne who furnishes things
- subscriberOne who enrolls regularly
merger · acquisition · regulation · FCC · deregulation · monopoly · competition · tariff · billing · revenue
landline
Stationary wired telephone
- rotaryInvolving circular motion
- switchboardTelephone routing panel
- PBXPrivate branch exchange
telephony
Distant voice communication systems
- voicemailRecorded caller messages
- caller-IDFeature showing incoming numbers
- long-distanceAcross great distances
roaming · SMS · MMS · hotline · helpline · directory · toll-free · prepaid · postpaid
- phone companyswitchboard, operator, phone lines, landline, PSTN
- Phreakingblue box, red box, Cap'n Crunch, Captain Crunch, phreaker
- telecom circuitsT1, T3, dark fiber, point-to-point, direct line
telcoISP
Web access company
internet service provider · streaming service · broadcaster · cable operator · satellite provider
- telephone numberCode to connect calls
- telephone poleTall post carrying wires
- telephone callSpoken exchange via handset
- telephone lineWired voice transmission channel
- telephone boothEnclosed public payphone station
- telephone bookPublished listing of subscribers
telephone, telecom, telecommunications, telecommunication, telcos