Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
telecommunications
noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
international
▪ Competition in the area of international telecommunications is also heating up.
▪ Additional programs in international studies and telecommunications were on the drawing board.
large
▪ This general argument was in the interests of large users of telecommunications who thought they were subsidizing small and local users.
▪ One of the biggest trends has been the entry of large telecommunications companies into the Internet access business.
national
▪ The programme of privatization involved the sale of the national airline, telecommunications company and shipping line to local and foreign investors.
▪ Until recently, most governments have exercised either direct or indirect control over national telecommunications as well as international links.
▪ The need to meet information needs across national boundaries raises telecommunications and linguistic issues.
new
▪ The building and operating of the new telecommunications infrastructure is expected to create hundreds of jobs for the area.
▪ If the new telecommunications age brings unmediated democracy, what will happen to our carefully contrived constitutional system of checks and balances?
▪ Many argue that the inequality in wages will only widen as new computer and telecommunications technologies sweep the workplace.
▪ And the new telecommunications legislation will most likely force more mergers and consolidations as free-market influences strengthen.
▪ Might that be an omen of sorts for the brave new telecommunications world to come?
▪ In the coming millennium, Dahl predicted, new telecommunications technology will exert a powerful influence for change on the democratic process.
▪ That in itself represents a radical new approach to telecommunications.
▪ The combination of persistent earnings and the new telecommunications legislation should make broadcasters and other entertainment outlets more attractive.
public
▪ As for Asynchronous Transfer Mode switches, the company is going for customers that want private networks, rather than public telecommunications operators.
▪ Ample precedents exist for imposing spectrum use fees and cable franchise taxes for public telecommunications purposes.
▪ Attention has most recently focused on ensuring competition in regulated public sectors such as telecommunications, postal services, gas and electricity.
▪ Can a well-funded public telecommunications system be reconciled with the First Amendment principle of a press free of government interference and involvement?
▪ The Opposition have made absolutely no commitment to provide free phones or to increase public expenditure on telecommunications infrastructure in any way.
■ NOUN
bill
▪ Did that affect your vote on the telecommunications bill?
▪ His ministry is preparing a telecommunications bill, which will be presented before parliament this spring.
business
▪ But the company wants out, Johnson said, because it's in the telecommunications business, not cable.
▪ The newcomers both like companies in the telecommunications business.
company
▪ Not surprisingly, the major computer, consumer electronics and telecommunications companies are hoping to grab a share.
▪ One of the biggest trends has been the entry of large telecommunications companies into the Internet access business.
▪ The traditional control mentality of the telecommunications companies will have to change to accept autonomy and intelligence in the network.
▪ Those who are fired at the telecommunications company will curtail their spending, which will affect local retailers, and AT&038;.
▪ It is pitched primarily at telecommunications companies and the medical market.
▪ The programme of privatization involved the sale of the national airline, telecommunications company and shipping line to local and foreign investors.
equipment
▪ It could also carry pollution monitors, crop sprayers or telecommunications equipment.
▪ The telecommunications equipment maker also said it was named in a shareholder suit over the loss filed in a California court.
▪ One deals in telecommunications equipment and the other in lighting products.
▪ Premisys, which makes telecommunications equipment, rose 2 to 43 1 / 4.
▪ Last year more than 12 million Z80 chips were sold around the world and incorporated into computers, telecommunications equipment and peripherals.
▪ Eight of the 100, including Ascend Communications, make telecommunications equipment.
▪ Since coming into office, the Clinton administration has removed export controls on most computers and telecommunications equipment.
▪ The company derives over one-third of its sales from telephones and other telecommunications equipment.
firm
▪ But giant telecommunications firms that have already pledged tens of billions for highway construction favor a less regulated market.
giant
▪ The telecommunications giant joined a growing number of employers in growth industries that have slashed payrolls even as their profits soared.
▪ The regional telecommunications giant said it will earn 50 cents to 53 cents per share from operations in the first quarter.
▪ A final tally will come later this month when the telecommunications giant reports its fourth-quarter results.
▪ The telecommunications giant intends to keep prices hotly competitive.
▪ The telecommunications giant said it will cut nearly 40, 000 jobs over three years.
▪ Most cuts will come in 1996 as the telecommunications giant prepares to split into three companies.
industry
▪ There must be other joint initiatives with publishers as well as with the media and the telecommunications industries which also might prove mutually beneficial.
▪ That marks a victory for Microsoft and breaks a stranglehold that Netscape was putting on the telecommunications industry.
▪ Fiber-optic cables, which have for ever changed the telecommunications industry, may now do the same for oil and gas.
▪ In Florida, Siemens Stromberg Carlson specializes in providing networking equipment to the telecommunications industry.
▪ The telecommunications industry, however, has found the process more expensive and time-consuming than anticipated.
law
▪ He was speaking at a conference which follows three months of public consultation on changes to the telecommunications laws.
links
▪ The terminals are generally connected to the central computer by telecommunications links.
▪ Good telecommunications links can bring them closer to western markets, giving their skilled workers less incentive to emigrate.
market
▪ The idea is to expand its network business for the international arena, especially the telecommunications market.
▪ On Nov. 8 Hawke stated that the telecommunications market would be opened to unlimited competition by mid-1997.
▪ City analysts predict a price war in the telecommunications market.
network
▪ Analogue telecommunications networks and devices will become a thing of the past - eventually.
▪ San Diego is also looking to expand and upgrade its fiber-optic telecommunications network.
▪ Bus-route planners could learn a lot from telecommunications networks.
▪ Soon, the entire global telecommunications network is buzzing with Tonellis.
▪ The compression will let digital audio-visual services be carried by terrestrial and satellite channels, telecommunications networks or digital storage devices.
▪ Instead of a single meeting place, we have far-flung, interactive telecommunications networks that extend for thousands of miles.
▪ We will encourage the development of the most modern telecommunications networks.
▪ In common with the main exchange, the market changed from dealing on the floor to dealing through telecommunications networks.
operator
▪ As for Asynchronous Transfer Mode switches, the company is going for customers that want private networks, rather than public telecommunications operators.
▪ It is also looking for partnerships with telecommunications operators through a new WorldPartners Association.
service
▪ Of the three information technology sectors telecommunications services was pack leader with 7.7% turnover growth and 13.1% median pre-tax growth.
▪ In the absence of central leadership, cross-border telecommunications services are difficult and expensive to obtain.
▪ The 127 were then divided into three sectors: information services, telecommunications services and hardware.
▪ Docherty said the companies will continue to compete with each other on telecommunications services they run over the joint network.
▪ The operator also announced Spheris, a new messaging software designed to integrate its existing telecommunications services on to personal computers.
▪ The remaining six telecommunications services companies, all of which had over £35m revenues, were not subdivided.
▪ The changes came after television companies protested a previous bill that barred them from providing telecommunications services.
system
▪ Data from the craft are swapped via a global telecommunications system coordinated by the World Meteorological Organisation in Geneva.
▪ The Republican National Committee asked telephone companies if one could provide a secure telecommunications system in which conversations could not be intercepted.
▪ When the West wants to move into these markets adequate postal and telecommunications systems will be needed.
▪ Can a well-funded public telecommunications system be reconciled with the First Amendment principle of a press free of government interference and involvement?
▪ Remote solar installations can also be used to power telecommunications systems, water pumping stations and refrigerators to keep medical supplies cold.
technology
▪ To be sure, the new generation of flexible, individually controlled telecommunications technologies offers new hope for educational improvement.
▪ Many argue that the inequality in wages will only widen as new computer and telecommunications technologies sweep the workplace.
▪ In the coming millennium, Dahl predicted, new telecommunications technology will exert a powerful influence for change on the democratic process.
▪ Modern telecommunications technologies have the potential to alter dramatically the role of wired media.
▪ The world of finance has already adapted to an environment of instantaneous voting by interactive telecommunications technologies.
■ VERB
compute
▪ Meanwhile, technology is driving down other costs, such as computing and telecommunications.
include
▪ Areas on which the organisation is especially keen include semiconductors, telecommunications, factory automation, medical instruments and electronic office systems.
▪ Information technologies, including a combination of telecommunications and computing, are the cord out of which the organizational fishnet is woven.
▪ Land says that programmes should include work in telecommunications.
provide
▪ The Republican National Committee asked telephone companies if one could provide a secure telecommunications system in which conversations could not be intercepted.
▪ The changes came after television companies protested a previous bill that barred them from providing telecommunications services.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ public telecommunications networks
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ In 1913 there were 11,000 post and telecommunications offices, of which only 3,000 were in rural localities.
▪ New competition in telecommunications is a useful start, but more is needed.
▪ Other firms are manufacturing radios, wired and fiber-optic telecommunications, military equipment and satellite receivers in San Diego.
▪ The telecommunications equipment maker also said it was named in a shareholder suit over the loss filed in a California court.
▪ The subscription enables customers to offer a Freephone 0500 or LocalCall 0645 service without altering their current telecommunications set-up.
▪ Until recently, most governments have exercised either direct or indirect control over national telecommunications as well as international links.
▪ We need to recognize the remarkable change that the interactive telecommunications age is producing in our political system.
Wiktionary
telecommunications
n. 1 the science and technology of communication at a distance, especially the electronic transmission of signals; telecommunication 2 the systems used in transmitting such signals 3 (plural of telecommunication English)Category:English plurals
Usage examples of "telecommunications".
In there, too, had been placed the most technologically advanced, state of the art supercomputer, the System for Artificial Intelligence Networking and Telecommunications, or SAINT for short.
Actually, they're tied into NATO and a bunch of security telecommunications systems as well as our own home offices.
If you die, for any reason, and those codes are sent and received by the company's telecommunications network, every single computer data bank will begin to systematically and quickly erase itself.
The rest of the space is for memory storage, cooling machinery, the telecommunications network, that sort of thing the stuff SAINT runs and the raw material it uses.
His biggest frustration, and largest stumbling block, in the investigation was his inability to use the vast telecommunications power the island represented, nor any means that could be sensed by that network.
None were really high up, but all worked with computers and all had access to the corporate telecommunications network.
They depend upon them and the telecommunications networks that tie them together.
All of this, of course, is handled via SAINT's telecommunications net.
All the nations of the Earth now bow down and worship their keyboards, their disk drives, their terminals and telecommunications programs.
Now, tell methis master telecommunications network, this worldwide super system.
Still, the last day of October of this year will mark the forty-second month that the telecommunications network has been in existence.
Actually, there was probably a single early warning, since the telecommunications network had gone off the air a few hours earlier, but a bad storm in the area prevented anyone from coming in by sea or air, and security people on the island, by short wave, had assured everyone that the communications break was caused when a freak explosion of oil storage tanks now under control created a power shortage.
The rest of the space is for memory storage, cooling machinery, the telecommunications network, that sort of thing— the stuff SAINT runs and the raw material it uses.
Now, tell me—this master telecommunications network, this worldwide super system.
Which was still referred to as the position of telecommunications engineer.