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Communications vs Satcoms - What's the difference?

communications | satcoms |

As nouns the difference between communications and satcoms

is that communications is while satcoms is satellite communications.

communications

English

Noun

(head)
  • (pluralonly) Telecommunications, the science and technology of communicating, especially by electronic means.
  • * {{quote-magazine, date=2012-12-14
    • , author=Simon Jenkins, authorlink=Simon Jenkins , title=We mustn't overreact to North Korea boys' toys , volume=188, issue=2, page=23 , date=2012-12-21 , magazine= citation , passage=David Cameron insists that his latest communications data bill is “vital to counter terrorism”. Yet terror is mayhem. It is no threat to freedom. That threat is from counter-terror, from ministers capitulating to securocrats.}}

    Derived terms

    * communications satellite ----

    satcoms

    English

    Noun

    (-)
  • satellite communications
  • * 1991 , Ian Graham, Communications (page 20)
    • The cost of installing a satcoms system will soon be recovered.
  • * 1995 , Fairplay international shipping weekly
    • But no-one can dispute that satcoms make for more efficient fleet management and safer ships.