telecom industry

Wireless service sector

The telecom industry encompasses companies that provide telecommunications services—phone networks, internet access, cable television, and wireless communications.

The term covers carriers like AT&T and Verizon, equipment manufacturers, and infrastructure providers.

She's worked in the telecom industry for twenty years.

Often shortened to telecom: Telecom stocks fell sharply after the announcement.

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5G networks · Huawei · base stations · net neutrality · satellites · Ericsson · Qualcomm · T-Mobile · Vodafone · Orange · dropped calls · routers · broadband internet · licensing agreements · switches · modems · antennas · wireless spectrum

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economic sector type

telecom industryagriculture

Cultivation of land, livestock

farming · mining industry · heavy industry · manufacturing industry · steel industry

connectivity vs. isolation

telecom industryoff-grid living

Self-reliant existence without utilities

disconnection · communication blackout · isolation · digital divide

technological modernity

telecom industrysubsistence farming

Growing food for household

cottage industry · artisanal crafts · traditional agriculture · agrarian economy · manual labor

Family

telecom, telecommunications, telecommunication, industry, industries, industrial, industrious, industrialize, industrialization

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