telco

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

telco
    n 1: a public utility that provides telephone service [syn:
         {telephone company}, {telephone service}, {phone company},
         {phone service}, {telco}]

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

telco

   <communications, company> (from telephone company) A company
   providing phone services to end users.  The company may or may
   not provide other phone services such operating
   long-distance/international backbones but the name telco
   usually emphasises its operation as a local service provider.

   Compare: {PTT}.

   (1998-05-18)