telecom equipment
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- noun
- /ˈtɛlɪˌkɒm ɪˈkwɪpmənt/
- Specialized
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equipo de telecomunicaciones
- telecom equipment maker
- telecom equipment company
- telecom equipment market
Examples
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ZTE will continue as a major customer of US telecom equipment suppliers for years to come.
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Capital goods, such as aircraft, automotive parts, computers, and telecom equipment, are the largest portion of the U.S.'s outflows, accounting for nearly 49% of total exports.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The U.S. ambitions of two Chinese telecom equipment makers were stopped in their tracks on Monday as a congressional report urged American companies to stop doing business with the firms, raising fears of retaliation from China.
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Given that virtually all US telecom equipment is produced in China, in some measure, the Committee's narrow focus addresses the overall issue of risk to US telecom infrastructure so narrowly that it omits from the Committee's inquiry the suppliers of the vast majority of equipment used in the US market.
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The telecom equipment was essential for setting up the new network across the city.
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Many companies are investing in advanced telecom equipment to improve communication systems.
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The installation of telecom equipment in rural areas has greatly improved internet access.
Synonyms
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Devices like phones or radios that send and receive information
Machines and wires that send information over long distances, like phones or radios
How Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
telecom + equipment
The phrase denotes equipment used for telecommunications and its meaning is directly compositional from 'telecom' (telecommunications) + 'equipment' (objects required for a task). This noun–noun compound follows a productive, cross-linguistically common pattern, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents can infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Telecom equipment joins telecom, a short form for long-distance communication or 'over a distance', and equipment, meaning tools or machines. Imagine wires, boxes, and antennas that help voices and data travel far away; those things are the tools that send and receive messages, so the phrase means 'the devices used to send and receive communications'.