telecommunication companies

Wireless service carriers

Telecommunication companies are businesses that provide communication services over distance—phone calls, internet access, television broadcasting, and data transmission.

The term covers mobile carriers, landline providers, cable companies, and internet service providers.

The major telecommunication companies are lobbying against net neutrality regulations.

Often shortened to telecom companies.

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