telecommunications
nounUK /ˌtel.ɪ.kəˌmjuː.nɪˈkeɪ.ʃənz/
US /ˌtel.ə.kəˌmjuː.nɪˈkeɪ.ʃənz/
Sending messages or information over long distances using phones, computers, or radio.
The company builds satellites for telecommunications.
OTHER MEANINGS
2. The technology and industry of sending signals electronically.
She studied telecommunications at university.
3. Systems that carry phone calls and data.
The storm damaged the region's telecommunications.
4. The act of communicating over a distance.
Early telecommunications relied on telegraph wires.