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dictionary. Telecom refers to: An abbreviation of telecommunication. Short for telecommunications company, in general. A short name for any telecommunications company with "Telecom" specifically in the name, where context allows media or people to commonly exclude the rest o f its name without confusion, often resulting from a monopoly or previous monopo ly. The term is now trademarked by various companies in their local jurisdiction , although usually with a qualifier of locality (e.g. 'Deutsche' Telekom ), sinc e 1985. In some countries, (e.g. New Zealand) the word TELECOM on its own is a r egistered trade mark. See Companies section Company British Telecom Telecom Telecom See also List of telephone operating companies Wavelength-division multiplexing (WDM) Telecom Australia Italia New Zealand