telecommunication
noun
tele·com·mu·ni·ca·tion
ˌte-li-kə-ˌmyü-nə-ˈkā-shən 
1
: communication at a distance (as by telephone)
2
: technology that deals with telecommunication
—usually used in plural
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Beyond mining, their Sinar Mas Group has business interests in real estate, paper production, financial services, telecommunications, and agribusiness.
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Yessar Rosendar, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
The burgeoning space industry and the technologies society increasingly relies on – electric grids, aviation and telecommunications – are all vulnerable to the same threat: space weather.
—Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti, The Conversation, 11 July 2025
Everything from weather satellites to GPS satellites to telecommunications to nuclear missiles and other weapons of war rely on precise timing to operate properly.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 9 July 2025
The event each year brings more than 500 business leaders together for an evening of networking and interaction with San Diego’s leading life sciences, biotech, high-tech, clean-tech and defense and telecommunication companies.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2025
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Yessar Rosendar, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
The burgeoning space industry and the technologies society increasingly relies on – electric grids, aviation and telecommunications – are all vulnerable to the same threat: space weather.
—Mojtaba Akhavan-Tafti, The Conversation, 11 July 2025
Everything from weather satellites to GPS satellites to telecommunications to nuclear missiles and other weapons of war rely on precise timing to operate properly.
—Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 9 July 2025
The event each year brings more than 500 business leaders together for an evening of networking and interaction with San Diego’s leading life sciences, biotech, high-tech, clean-tech and defense and telecommunication companies.
—Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 July 2025
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“Telecommunication.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/telecommunication. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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