Telecommunications
noun
The technology of sending information, such as phone calls and internet data, over long distances.
The development of satellites dramatically improved telecommunications.
Often appears as...
- global telecommunications
- telecommunications industry
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Technical
noun
The business sector that offers services related to electronic systems for transmitting messages through cables, telephone, radio or television.
After graduation, he got a job in a telecommunications company.
Often appears as...
- telecommunications sector
- telecommunications services
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Academic
noun
The technology of sending information, such as phone calls and internet data, over long distances.
The development of satellites dramatically improved telecommunications.
Often appears as...
- global telecommunications
- telecommunications industry
Usage tips
Technical
noun
The business sector that offers services related to electronic systems for transmitting messages through cables, telephone, radio or television.
After graduation, he got a job in a telecommunications company.
Often appears as...
- telecommunications sector
- telecommunications services
Usage tips
Academic
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Pro Tip 1/3Technological Evolution
Understand it's about ongoing advancements like the internet, mobile networks, and satellites.
His fascination with telecommunications began while studying the evolution of wireless networks.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Physical
Grasp that telecommunications involve invisible signals, not physical mail or conversations.
Without telecommunications, we couldn't instantly message someone across the world.
Pro Tip 3/3Everyday Impact
Recognize how it affects daily life, whether through social media, news or making calls.
I rely on telecommunications to connect with family abroad through video calls.
Pro Tip 1/3Technological Evolution
Understand it's about ongoing advancements like the internet, mobile networks, and satellites.
His fascination with telecommunications began while studying the evolution of wireless networks.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Physical
Grasp that telecommunications involve invisible signals, not physical mail or conversations.
Without telecommunications, we couldn't instantly message someone across the world.
Pro Tip 3/3Everyday Impact
Recognize how it affects daily life, whether through social media, news or making calls.
I rely on telecommunications to connect with family abroad through video calls.
Pro Tip 1/3Technological Evolution
Understand it's about ongoing advancements like the internet, mobile networks, and satellites.
His fascination with telecommunications began while studying the evolution of wireless networks.
Pro Tip 2/3Not Physical
Grasp that telecommunications involve invisible signals, not physical mail or conversations.
Without telecommunications, we couldn't instantly message someone across the world.
Pro Tip 3/3Everyday Impact
Recognize how it affects daily life, whether through social media, news or making calls.
I rely on telecommunications to connect with family abroad through video calls.
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neurons somehow then these neurons would become electrically drivable with light and their neighbors which don't have this molecule would not there's one other magic trick you need to make this all happen and that's the only got light into the brain and to do that the brain doesn't feel pain you can put taking advantage of all the effort that's gone into the internet and telecommunications
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Jason SIlva on Awareness...
we're night and day and day at night telecommunications wireless technologies I mean where is my mind when I'm talking on the telephone with you across the world where is my mind right now is my mind interfacing with your mind is my mind pumping itself into your brain am I in this room am I on your screen every time you make a telephone call
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The future of...
to build their own voice and data network in a place that has mobile access but which is relatively unaffordable for rural poor communities even more interesting they've used a cooperative legislation to create their own telecommunications cooperative to
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Lessons from a solar...
we are protected by our planet's natural shield, a magnetic bubble that we call the magnetosphere and that you can see here on the right side. Nonetheless, solar storms can still be responsible for disrupting satellite telecommunications and operations,
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Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: How...
Having a telephone in my country was a huge luxury. You couldn't get it. You had to bribe. You had to do everything to get your phone. When President Obasanjo supported and launched the liberalization of the telecommunications sector,
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How Do Satellites Help...
telephone and telegraph company were thinking wait a minute why are NASA a space organization messing around with telecommunications satellites this is our job so they in their labs had been working on a project called TSX which
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Reducing corruption...
a vibrant mobile telecommunications industry. The sector now supports close to one billion phone connections, it has created nearly four million jobs and generates billions of dollars in taxes every year.
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Yves Morieux: As work...
Despite all the technological advances -- computers, I.T., communications, telecommunications, the Internet. Enigma number Why is there so little engagement at work? Why do people feel so miserable,
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Andreas Raptopoulos: No...
Imagine one billion people being connected to physical goods in the same way that mobile telecommunications connected them to information. Imagine if the next big network we built in the world
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Honor Harger: A history...
or futuristic spacecraft, but a rather more humble technology -- and in fact, the very medium which gave us the telecommunications revolution that we're all part of the telephone.
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A light switch for...
neurons somehow then these neurons would become electrically drivable with light and their neighbors which don't have this molecule would not there's one other magic trick you need to make this all happen and that's the only got light into the brain and to do that the brain doesn't feel pain you can put taking advantage of all the effort that's gone into the internet and telecommunications
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Jason SIlva on Awareness...
we're night and day and day at night telecommunications wireless technologies I mean where is my mind when I'm talking on the telephone with you across the world where is my mind right now is my mind interfacing with your mind is my mind pumping itself into your brain am I in this room am I on your screen every time you make a telephone call
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The future of...
to build their own voice and data network in a place that has mobile access but which is relatively unaffordable for rural poor communities even more interesting they've used a cooperative legislation to create their own telecommunications cooperative to
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Lessons from a solar...
we are protected by our planet's natural shield, a magnetic bubble that we call the magnetosphere and that you can see here on the right side. Nonetheless, solar storms can still be responsible for disrupting satellite telecommunications and operations,
Video examples
Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala: How...
Having a telephone in my country was a huge luxury. You couldn't get it. You had to bribe. You had to do everything to get your phone. When President Obasanjo supported and launched the liberalization of the telecommunications sector,
Video examples
How Do Satellites Help...
telephone and telegraph company were thinking wait a minute why are NASA a space organization messing around with telecommunications satellites this is our job so they in their labs had been working on a project called TSX which
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Reducing corruption...
a vibrant mobile telecommunications industry. The sector now supports close to one billion phone connections, it has created nearly four million jobs and generates billions of dollars in taxes every year.
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Yves Morieux: As work...
Despite all the technological advances -- computers, I.T., communications, telecommunications, the Internet. Enigma number Why is there so little engagement at work? Why do people feel so miserable,
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Andreas Raptopoulos: No...
Imagine one billion people being connected to physical goods in the same way that mobile telecommunications connected them to information. Imagine if the next big network we built in the world
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Honor Harger: A history...
or futuristic spacecraft, but a rather more humble technology -- and in fact, the very medium which gave us the telecommunications revolution that we're all part of the telephone.
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John Ratcliffe
China's efforts to dominate 5G telecommunications will only increase Beijing's opportunities to collect intelligence, disrupt communications and threaten user privacy world-wide. I have personally told U.S. allies that using such Chinese-owned technology will severely limit America's ability to share vital intelligence with them.
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Julian Assange
Australian Activist
In my role as Wikileaks editor, I've been involved in fighting off many legal attacks. To do that, and keep our sources safe, we have had to spread assets, encrypt everything, and move telecommunications and people around the world to activate protective laws in different national jurisdictions.
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Oscar Munoz
American Businessman
In the telecommunications, consumer products, and railway businesses, there are very real consequences if you don't meet the consumer's needs and desires. There are also substantive rewards for doing so, and especially for exceeding customer expectations.
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Janet Napolitano
American Politician
Smart businesses do not look at labor costs alone anymore. They do look at market access, transportation, telecommunications infrastructure and the education and skill level of the workforce, the development of capital and the regulatory market.
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Brian L. Roberts
American Businessman
I can get my voicemail transcribed and sent to me as e-mail. I want to be able to have my address book and all my life come up on my TV and video chat. The whole telecommunications experience through a wire is still very relevant.
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Jay Samit
American Businessman
Historically, more media has been consumed sitting in front of the television than any other device. Controlling this screen has been the goal of major technology, consumer electronic, and telecommunications companies.
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Rex Tillerson
American Businessman
In the business world, we can point to instances when a lack of integrity has bankrupted entire companies - in sectors as different as finance, telecommunications, manufacturing, and energy.
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Frederick W. Smith
American Businessman
My innovation involved taking an idea from the telecommunications and banking industries, and applying that idea to transportation business.
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Steven Levy
American Journalist
Just as we have what used to be supercomputers in our pockets, our homes now require the telecommunications infrastructure of a small city.
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Rupert Murdoch
American Publisher
Advances in the technology of telecommunications have proved an unambiguous threat to totalitarian regimes everywhere.
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John Ratcliffe
China's efforts to dominate 5G telecommunications will only increase Beijing's opportunities to collect intelligence, disrupt communications and threaten user privacy world-wide. I have personally told U.S. allies that using such Chinese-owned technology will severely limit America's ability to share vital intelligence with them.
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Julian Assange
Australian Activist
In my role as Wikileaks editor, I've been involved in fighting off many legal attacks. To do that, and keep our sources safe, we have had to spread assets, encrypt everything, and move telecommunications and people around the world to activate protective laws in different national jurisdictions.
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Oscar Munoz
American Businessman
In the telecommunications, consumer products, and railway businesses, there are very real consequences if you don't meet the consumer's needs and desires. There are also substantive rewards for doing so, and especially for exceeding customer expectations.
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Janet Napolitano
American Politician
Smart businesses do not look at labor costs alone anymore. They do look at market access, transportation, telecommunications infrastructure and the education and skill level of the workforce, the development of capital and the regulatory market.
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Brian L. Roberts
American Businessman
I can get my voicemail transcribed and sent to me as e-mail. I want to be able to have my address book and all my life come up on my TV and video chat. The whole telecommunications experience through a wire is still very relevant.
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Jay Samit
American Businessman
Historically, more media has been consumed sitting in front of the television than any other device. Controlling this screen has been the goal of major technology, consumer electronic, and telecommunications companies.
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Rex Tillerson
American Businessman
In the business world, we can point to instances when a lack of integrity has bankrupted entire companies - in sectors as different as finance, telecommunications, manufacturing, and energy.
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Frederick W. Smith
American Businessman
My innovation involved taking an idea from the telecommunications and banking industries, and applying that idea to transportation business.
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Steven Levy
American Journalist
Just as we have what used to be supercomputers in our pockets, our homes now require the telecommunications infrastructure of a small city.
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Rupert Murdoch
American Publisher
Advances in the technology of telecommunications have proved an unambiguous threat to totalitarian regimes everywhere.
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