telecoms
Wireless service providers
Telecoms is a shortened form of telecommunications, referring to the industry, infrastructure, or companies involved in transmitting information over distances—phone networks, internet service, cable, and wireless communications.
Common in British English and business contexts: She works in telecoms.
The word functions as both singular and plural.
Handheld connected computer
- 5GCurrent mobile network standard
- 4GFourth-generation mobile technology
- LTEWireless broadband standard
- roamingMoving without fixed purpose
handset · airtime · recharge · voicemail · texting · carrier · coverage · prepaid
Plant-based digestive aid
- cableHeavy-duty woven line
- DSLTelephone-line broadband service
- bandwidthData transmission capacity
- MbpsMegabits per second
Gbps · latency · throughput · ISP · provider · subscription · router · modem
Concerning relations among countries
- roamingMoving without fixed purpose
- satelliteOrbiting celestial body
- cross-borderSpanning national boundaries
- harmonizationCreating consistency across systems
geostationary · treaties · GSM · CDMA · standards · multinational · undersea · transoceanic
One who works machinery
- carrierOne that transports
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- mergerCorporate combination
- competitionStruggle for supremacy
subscriber · revenue · deregulation · licensing · tariff · monopoly · oligopoly · FCC
smartphone
Handheld connected computer
- 5GCurrent mobile network standard
- 4GFourth-generation mobile technology
- LTEWireless broadband standard
roaming · handset · airtime · recharge · voicemail · texting · carrier · coverage · prepaid · postpaid
fiber
Plant-based digestive aid
Mbps · Gbps · latency · throughput · ISP · provider · subscription · router · modem · Wi-Fi
international
Concerning relations among countries
- roamingMoving without fixed purpose
- satelliteOrbiting celestial body
- cross-borderSpanning national boundaries
harmonization · geostationary · treaties · GSM · CDMA · standards · multinational · undersea · transoceanic
operator
One who works machinery
- carrierOne that transports
- regulationOfficial rules governing conduct
- mergerCorporate combination
competition · subscriber · revenue · deregulation · licensing · tariff · monopoly · oligopoly · FCC · Verizon
fiber-optics
Light-based data transmission
- cablesHeavy ropes or wires
- towersTall vertical structures
- satellitesBodies circling larger ones
antennas · masts · exchange · backhaul · microwave · relay · ducts · conduits · poles · repeaters
switching
Changing from one to another
- routingPath selection process
- nodesPoints of connection
- transmissionSending of information
protocol · topology · multiplexing · packet · backbone · mesh · gateway · firewall · IP · TCP
- nationalized sectorsrailways, postal service, national bank, national railway, public utilities
- state enterprisesstate enterprises, Amtrak, BBC, public enterprises, USPS
- economyGDP, money, inflation, inflation rate, GNP
- infrastructurehighways, road construction, railway expansion, power grid, roads
- public propertypublic land, public park, public lands, state property, public library
- UK utilitiesBritish Gas, electricity, gas, utility bills, energy suppliers
telecomspostal service
National mail delivery system
mail · snail mail · print media · post · courier services
telecomsisolation
Complete separation from others
disconnection · off-grid · incommunicado · communication blackout · radio silence
- telecommunications feesPayments for communication services
- telecom companiesCorporations providing communication services
- telecom industryBusinesses providing phone and internet
- telecom providersCommunication service companies
- telecom servicesCommercial communication network offerings
- telecom giantsLarge communication corporations