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What are Telecom Stocks?

Telecom is short for telecommunication, and it includes companies involved in the ever-important business of communication.

These companies created the infrastructure that allows data to be sent anywhere in the world, which now includes wireless operators, satellite companies, cable companies and Internet service providers.

Companies in the wireless business are perhaps the most relevant and competitive today.

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